Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics?

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grist.org 20 Jun '12, 11am

Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics?

A still from a new video about antibiotics in farm animals from FixFood. Click or scroll down to watch. Despite a high-profile lawsuit , a recent court order , and a much-hyped set of voluntary rules , it’s still not clear that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to do anything of substance to stop meat producers from using antibiotics on a massive — and massively destructive — scale. It has been three decades since the FDA first identified the use of these drugs in livestock production as a problem. But they’re still mulling it over, apparently. Thinking long and hard. While they think, 80 percent of all the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are being used on animals to spur growth and compensate for crowded, dirty conditions. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria or “superbugs” continue to show up in food and cause infections in tens of thousands of people every year (99,000...

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@MHBoys » 08 Jul '12, 2pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? [link] #green
@giacomo81 » 27 Jun '12, 1pm
Really interesting!watch the video as well.Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? | Grist [link]
@diginn » 26 Jun '12, 3pm
We really hope this works - "Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics?" [link] @grist
@tayls25 » 24 Jun '12, 2pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? via @LisgoApp [link]
@nina_vonrudiger » 24 Jun '12, 6am
RT @sepponet: RT @grist: 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals to spur growth and compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@RoyMilano » 23 Jun '12, 10pm
RT @srkVT: Very sobering RT @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in US are for animals to spur growth & compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@srkVT » 23 Jun '12, 10pm
Very sobering RT @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in US are for animals to spur growth & compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@GalenMittermann » 23 Jun '12, 9pm
EwRT @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals to spur growth and compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@U_Lost_Me » 23 Jun '12, 9pm
RT @carolaik: R @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in US are used on animals to spur growth & compensate for dirty conditions. [link] #GoVegan
@carolaik » 23 Jun '12, 9pm
R @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in US are used on animals to spur growth & compensate for dirty conditions. [link] #GoVegan
@GreenMarie99 » 23 Jun '12, 9pm
Gross! RT @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in U.S. are used on animals 2 spur growth & compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@go_eo » 23 Jun '12, 12pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? [link] #ethicalomnivore
@Pat_GardnerMA » 23 Jun '12, 1am
RT @mwnutrition: While FDA "thinks about it", Meat Without Drugs campaign targets grocery stores [link]
@sejorg » 22 Jun '12, 9pm
RT @dhgisme: Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? by @twypsy in Grist [link] #foodtech #sej
@FoodieInUs » 22 Jun '12, 9pm
RT @foodtechconnect: Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? by @twypsy [link] #foodtech
@dhgisme » 22 Jun '12, 9pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? by @twypsy [link] #foodtech
@SmFootprintFam » 22 Jun '12, 8pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? | Grist [link] #grassfed #realfood
@mwnutrition » 22 Jun '12, 6pm
While FDA "thinks about it", Meat Without Drugs campaign targets grocery stores [link]
@JiPit » 22 Jun '12, 10am
@rchrdbts - might be interested in this via “MT @SoilAssociation: Your #meat on#antibiotics? [link] via @grist”
@Phreaked_ » 22 Jun '12, 9am
RT @SoilAssociation: Your #meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out #antibiotics? [link] via @grist
@PillGirlRN » 22 Jun '12, 2am
Statistics show that 80% of all antibiotics sold in the USA are being used on animals. It just keeps on getting better. [link]
@GoGreenInside » 21 Jun '12, 8pm
So wrong! RT @LisaBorden: This is your meat. This is your meat on drugs. [link]
@TheNakedLabel » 21 Jun '12, 2pm
So interesting! RT @lisaborden: This is your meat. This is your meat on drugs. [link]
@Ifindfunding » 21 Jun '12, 1pm
RT @nyshepa: As we move closer to deadly antibiotic-resistance... RT @LisaBorden: This is your meat. This is your meat on drugs. [link]
@nyshepa » 21 Jun '12, 1pm
As we move closer to deadly antibiotic-resistance... RT @LisaBorden: This is your meat. This is your meat on drugs. [link]
@RickiHeller » 21 Jun '12, 1pm
We can only hope they'll implement changes! RT @LisaBorden: This is your meat. This is your meat on drugs. [link]
@PeaDeliver » 21 Jun '12, 1pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? | Grist: The prices they recorded in grocery stores... [link]
@naturalgourmet » 21 Jun '12, 12pm
Taking the fight against antibiotics in animal feed to grocery stores (where it stands a chance). #antibioticresistance [link]
@AcryliCloche » 21 Jun '12, 11am
RT @trill_farm: Great campaign 'Meat Without Drugs' to eliminate the sale of meat with antibiotics in grocery stores [link] via @rootsofchange
@RGBSx » 21 Jun '12, 11am
RT @ttep: mmm..factory farm meat… @grist: 80% of antibiotics sold in U.S. r used on animals to… compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@bec7ford » 21 Jun '12, 8am
@bellevueluck @merejames @aaafarmer thank you -- i read this article which started me thinking about here [link]
@rrarelyrabbits » 21 Jun '12, 3am
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? [link] via @zite
@seaATsunset » 21 Jun '12, 12am
This is your meat & this is your meat on drugs ... [link] #animals #FDA #nonantibiotic
@grist » 21 Jun '12, 12am
A new campaign against antibiotics in livestock targets @TraderJoesList, with the hope of industry-wide change: [link]
@ReneeCaggiano » 20 Jun '12, 11pm
RT @KarenMessier: Your Meat on Drugs: [link] #meat #drugs #antibiotics #animals #food #beef #pork #bacon #chicken #turkey #BBQ #health #children
@KarenMessier » 20 Jun '12, 10pm
Your Meat on Drugs: [link] #meat #drugs #antibiotics #animals #food #beef #pork #bacon #chicken #turkey #BBQ #health #children
@RawRag23 » 20 Jun '12, 10pm
Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? [link] Good for @wholefoods! True #traderjoes has no Twitter a/c?
@rebeccaclarkedc » 20 Jun '12, 9pm
mine does. Love @EarthFareGVL “@grist: Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics? [link]”
@eleishaanne » 20 Jun '12, 9pm
@VeganUp This would interest u - 80% of antibiotics sold in US r used on animals growth, compensate 4 dirty conditions [link]
@JohnVerlander1 » 20 Jun '12, 8pm
RT @SCRATCHbread: “@grist: 80% antibiotics sold in U.S. are used on animals to spur growth+ compensate for dirty conditions. [link]” disgusting
@SCRATCHbread » 20 Jun '12, 8pm
“@grist: 80% antibiotics sold in U.S. are used on animals to spur growth+ compensate for dirty conditions. [link]” disgusting
@VegucateMe » 20 Jun '12, 8pm
Go Vegan: 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals to spur growth and compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@SpiceyIdeas » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
INSANE MT @eartheats @grist: 80% of U.S. antibiotics are used on animals to spur growth—compensate for dirty conditions [link]
@WealthOfHealth » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
Gives a good idea on the costs involved in getting the drugs out of our meat! [link]
@choosingraw » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
RT @sarma: RT @grist: 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals to spur growth and compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@jrzgrlz » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
MRT @grist 80% of US antibiotics are used for animals, to spur growth & compensate for dirty conditions [link] #factoryfarming
@ttep » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
mmm..factory farm meat… @grist: 80% of antibiotics sold in U.S. r used on animals to… compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@debgleason » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
RT @matmcdermott: RT @grist: 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals to spur growth and compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@merrygourmet » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
RT @GourmetLive: Via @grist 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals to spur growth and compensate for dirty conditions. [link]
@WordJourneys » 20 Jun '12, 7pm
RT @eartheats: RT @grist: 80% of antibiotics sold in U.S. are used on animals to spur growth, compensate for dirty conditions [link]