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Earlier this month, Maine-based grocery chains Hannaford

after at least 14 people were infected with antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella. Most likely, this is the first youBЂ ™ heard about it. Finally, itBЂ ™ is not much compared with 76 disease and a fatal case in August, which led

almost 36 million pounds of turkey products potentially infected with drug-resistant Salmonella. Details unclear, but there is a clear trend: our meat diet is often contaminated with bacteria that canBЂ ™ t easily treated with antibiotics. for non-profit research center in Phoenix analyzed 80 brands of beef, pork, chicken and turkey in five cities and found that 47 percent contained, bacteria that can cause anything from minor skin infections to pneumonia and sepsis, more technically called systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and commonly known as blood poisoning BЂ "No matter what you call it, quite scary. Since bacteria, 52 percent were stable for at least three classes of antibiotics. So when you go to the supermarket to buy one of these brands of ground meat products, thereBЂ ™ SA about 25-percent chance youBЂ ™ will consume potentially deadly bacteria that doesnBЂ ™ t answer the most frequently administered drugs. ItBЂ ™ is not, as it happens for no reason, young shoots are a lot of practice to combat drug designed to kill them in industrially raised animals that usually feed antibiotics. Although itBЂ ™ s economic producers animal drug prevention, there are many strong arguments against the use of these drugs, including reducing their effectiveness in humans. Maybe youBЂ ™ d agree with a couple of people I described the situation earlier this week, one of which said something like: BЂњUgh, thatBЂ ™ s mind, BЂ "and others simply BЂњThey should do something about it! BЂ "

fact BЂњtheyBЂ" did. In 1977. ThatBЂ ™ s, when the Food and Drug Administration were informed about the health strattera without prescritpion risks of introduction of antibiotics healthy animal farm, offered to withdraw its previous approval date of penicillin and tetracycline in animal feed. In their procedure, the FDA issued two BЂњnotices opportunity for hearing, BЂ "have been stopped in Congress to further research can be conducted. In the hold, where the FDA BЂ ™ applications were with your father had sideburns. Until last week, when. Not that the situation was better thatBЂ ™ is accurate, the agency knows that itBЂ ™ s only worse. It affects mainly as I said, preventive: low doses of drugs to help animals fed quickly and probably will see diseases caused by poor living conditions. Animals are an ideal breeding ground for bacteria to gain resistance to drugs, and our inadequate testing procedures allow them to make their way to the shops and our guts. FDA knows all about it, and in 2010 the Agency issued

offering great agricultural voluntarily (thereBЂ ™ sa without a starter for you) to stop using low doses of antibiotics in healthy animals. BЂњThe development of resistance to this important class of drugs BЂ "BЂњand the loss of their effectiveness as antimicrobial therapy is a serious threat to public health. BЂ "OK. Nice. But toothless. So why FDA BЂ "with full awareness of the threats and

on Natural Resources Defense Council is pushing to finally solve it BЂ" decided not to act? In its earlier announced that it will BЂњefforts to promote voluntary reform and rational use of antimicrobial agents in the interest of better use agencyBЂ ™ s total resources to protect public health. BЂ "What does it mean that FDA has neither the budget nor the political support to entrust the regulation. ThatBЂ ™ truth: FDA consistently in funding and no longer able to fulfill its mission, which is mainly to protect public health. (ItBЂ ™ surprising that Congress recently enough, but better than nothing, 3 percent Much of the money for implementation, critical and long overdue legislation.).

HereBЂ ™ nut: FDA does not have extra money, but the corporations that control the food is all you need, along with the political power it buys. ThatBЂ ™ so we can say openly: public health and the quality of our food and animals have all sacrificed profits that can be done by raising animals in factories. Ply BЂњhealthyBЂ "farm animals (quotation marks, but as well, after all, can be battery hens?) Using antibiotics BЂ" practice

BЂ "is as much a part of American food, obesity and corn products . Animals move from farm to fridge it in record time, the prohibition of preventive drugs can lead to slow this process down, and with it flesh industryBЂ ™ s margin. Legislators bound corporate money is not going to let this happen, at least not without a struggle. Please or and follow me. .