FDA to Restrict Antibiotic Use in Livestock
The Union of Concerned Scientists, estimate 70 percent of all
antibiotics sold in the United States are used on food animals in order
to promote weight gain or more efficient feed consumption. This overuse
of antibiotics is thought to be the major cause for antibiotic
resistance in humans. Now, the Food and Drug Administration wants to put
restrictions on the use of antibiotics so they are used on livestock
only to cure or prevent disease and not to promote growth.
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FDA would limit antibiotic use in U.S. livestock
In factory farms, animals are raised in such stressful and confined
environments that without antibiotics they probably would not make it to
the slaughterhouse. The meat industry has abused the use of antibiotics
for profit purposes and has not only caused much misery to God's animals
but also has put human health at risk. While reducing antibiotic use in
livestock would likely benefit human health, farmed animals will
continue to endure miserable lives. We can show compassion to God's
animals and benefit our health by adopting a plant-based diet.
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