New food reporting project dives deep into pork and antibiotics

New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug | Grist

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New food reporting project dives deep into pork and antibiotics

On Wednesday, thanks to a collaboration with a new nonprofit news organization called the Food and Environment Reporting Network , MSNBC ran an in-depth report on ractopamine hydrochloride, a drug commonly used in pigs and known on the market as Paylean. The story is important for two reasons. First, it has the potential to widen the public’s understanding of a powerful, overused drug, and to help us dig down into what it really means when we hear about the use of growth-promoting drugs in meat. Second, it’s the mark of a new voice in food journalism — one that’s well worth paying attention to if you’re interested the intersection of food and the environment. Lean pigs, creepy residue? Why do livestock producers use ractopamine? Because it “promotes leanness” in pigs. According to the article’s author, Helena Bottemiller, when they are fed the drug in the finishing stage o...

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@KarenMessier » 03 May '12, 12am
Paylean, Lean Pigs and Meat Residues: [link] #pigs #drugs #meat #pork #bacon #growth #profits #cruelty #food #family #meals
@HarvestPM » 31 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @BossyAcres: New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @grist #fda #agchat #food #livestock #health
@BossyAcres » 31 Jan '12, 11pm
'Ractopamine is fed to an est 60-80% of pigs in U.S. & has sickened or killed more than 218,000 pigs as of March 2011' [link]
@BossyAcres » 31 Jan '12, 10pm
New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @grist #fda #agchat #food #livestock #health
@BruceClithero » 31 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @FRESHthemovie: Ractopamine hydrochloride, it's a drug used in conventional pork and we're eating it in our food: [link]
@FRESHthemovie » 31 Jan '12, 8pm
Ractopamine hydrochloride, it's a drug used in conventional pork and we're eating it in our food: [link]
@MainstreamCan » 30 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @drewcherry: It's time to focus more on problems with land-based proteins: [link]
@drewcherry » 30 Jan '12, 11pm
It's time to focus more on problems with land-based proteins: [link]
@4squareviews » 29 Jan '12, 3pm
RT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link] Budget cuts limit FDA test ability
@KarenMessier » 29 Jan '12, 1pm
#bacon & #pork products. If you eat them, you should know... [link]
@zuzf » 29 Jan '12, 10am
@davelove1 interesting RT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link]
@frank_tentler » 29 Jan '12, 9am
Drogen in Schweinemast als Masthilfe. Thema in den USA. Wann bei uns? (engl.) [link]
@LUCKY15 » 29 Jan '12, 5am
You think lean #pork is better.. #ractopamine, drug to keep pork lean has “sickened/killed over 218,000 pigs [link]
@ZimJay » 29 Jan '12, 4am
RT @UpliftingWoman: New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @grist #food #environment #FDA
@UpliftingWoman » 29 Jan '12, 3am
New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @grist #food #environment #FDA
@KarenMessier » 28 Jan '12, 4pm
#Bacon for breakfast? If this drug is toxic enough to kill pigs, what is it doing to you? [link] #meat #meatkills #drugs
@paquetaense » 28 Jan '12, 12pm
RT @EdibleSF: New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug | Grist [link] via @twttimes
@Pishba » 27 Jan '12, 3pm
MT “@tomphilpott Most US meat comes fr/animals made sick by their feed. [link] C also [link] by @hbottemiller”
@pdjmoo » 27 Jan '12, 7am
What's on Your Plate? A new report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production @Grist [link] #food #meat
@danielwhelan » 27 Jan '12, 6am
I'm almost afraid to look. [link]
@selvan_tengy » 27 Jan '12, 1am
New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug | Grist: On Wednesday, thanks to a collaboration with a new... [link]
@sesmithwrites » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
Taking a close look at pork and antibiotics: [link]
@SustainMizzou » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
Big news for this big pig state from @grist: New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link]
@mrsgreensworld » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @grist: RT @ichibanbrianne Must-read for consumers of American pork from @grist [link] yes - a MUST read. Take the time.
@MarcFrederic » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @pundles: Surprise, surprise - pork standards no better in US: [link] Pigs injected with drug to promote 'leanness'.
@pundles » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
Surprise, surprise - pork standards no better in US: [link] Pigs injected with drug to promote 'leanness'.
@grist » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @ichibanbrianne Must-read for consumers of American pork from @grist [link]
@occupynaked » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @dldine: New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] More poisoning of the US population.
@dldine » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] More poisoning of the US population.
@intenseCA » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
An eye opener for me RT @KarenMessier: For those addicted to the taste of bacon, you need to read this: [link]
@EdNDeb4858 » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @KarenMessier: For those addicted to the taste of bacon, you need to read this: [link] #toxic #drug #animal #pig #health #food
@KarenMessier » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
For those addicted to the taste of bacon, you need to read this: [link] #toxic #drug #animal #pig #health #food
@MyFoodFacts » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @civileater: New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug @twyspy @grist on @FERNnews [link]
@ichibanbrianne » 26 Jan '12, 9pm
Must-read for consumers of American pork from the @Grist. Does this explain why most industrial pork is tough and... [link]
@KarenMessier » 26 Jan '12, 9pm
Big Meat profiting an extra $2. a head per pig after bulking them up on toxic drug that kills record numbers. [link] #health
@KarenMessier » 26 Jan '12, 9pm
This animal growth promoter is so toxic it is killing pigs cows and turkeys: What is it doing to you? [link] #health #drugs
@Cedarstoneacres » 26 Jan '12, 9pm
FYI - our pigs are drug free! New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug world [link]
@OrganicWriter » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
New voice in #journalism - RT @ediblestories #Food reporting project dives into pork drug @twyspy @FERNnews [link] #media
@EdibleWestside » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
Food & Environment Reporting Network takes on the most commonly used #pork #drug @grist [link]
@pa_jorgensen » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @EdibleSF: New food reporting project: a new voice in food journalism, dives deep into pork drug @twyspy @FERNnews [link]
@EdibleAspen » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
New food reporting project: a new voice in food journalism, dives deep into pork drug @twyspy @FERNnews [link]
@FiremanFranks » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @food_democracy: Keep this pork off your fork! New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @twyspy @FERNnews
@food_democracy » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
Keep this pork off your fork! New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @twyspy @FERNnews
@NPO_Partners » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
More reasons to eat organic or vegan: RT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link]
@civileater » 26 Jan '12, 7pm
New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug @twyspy @grist on @FERNnews [link]
@coreycondello » 26 Jan '12, 6pm
The food industry is so f'd up. RT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link] #earth
@_jfarrell » 26 Jan '12, 6pm
MT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link] Just the tip of the iceberg. #food
@GrassHappy99 » 26 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @food_democracy: Keep this pork off your fork! New food reporting project dives deep into pork drug [link] via @twyspy @FERNnews
@jillettinger » 26 Jan '12, 6pm
RT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link] This is just the tip of the iceberg.
@Marsha_isms » 26 Jan '12, 6pm
RT @grist: New report on the use of a growth promoting drug in pork production: [link] This is just the tip of the iceberg.