Capitalism has no conscience. We all know that putting antibiotics in livestock feed is a bad idea. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization have warned that for antibiotics to work treating sick humans, the agricultural industry must stop using them in feed given to animals that are not sick so those animals will grow faster.
How has corporate agriculture responded? The use of antibiotics in livestock feed has increased 3 percent from 2013 to 2014 and 23 percent in the last five years. This according to statistics from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported by Lancaster Farming on 19 Dec. 2015, p. A17.
My advice is to buy from local butchers who can tell you they use meats that are raised free of antibiotics or go vegetarian.
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