Want some meds with that burger?

IMeat industry unhappy over limiting the use of antibiotics

For decades, factory farms have used antibiotics even in healthy animals to promote faster growth and prevent diseases that could sicken livestock held in confined quarters.
The benefit: cheaper, more plentiful meat for consumers.
But a firestorm has erupted over a federal proposal recommending antibiotics only when animals are actually sick.
Medical and public health experts in recent years say overuse and misuse of antibiotics pose a serious public health threat by creating new strains of bacteria that are difficult to treat – both in animals and humans.
“Over time, we have created some monster bugs,” said Russ Kremer, a Bonnots Mill, Mo., farmer who speaks nationally about the threat to the food supply. “It is truly harmful to everyone to feed antibiotics to animals just for growth promotion and economic gain.”
But the meat industry argues that the draft guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration are premature. It says there is not enough evidence to show a clear link between the use of antibiotics in livestock and health problems in humans.

Cheaper plentiful meat is a benefit? What about the drugs in the meat? The only solution: eat your veggies! Even better yet: eat your own-raised veggies!
Know where you food comes from, how it was grown/raised, what’s in it.

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