Find Out Which Meat Brands Are Feeding Their Animals Antibiotics
The use of antibiotics on farms is a big deal. The more often antibiotics are used, the less effective they are – and this leads to the worldwide problem of drug-resistant infections . This chart from Consumer Reports will help you determine which brands are feeding their animals with antibiotics and other medications.
This is not (only) about sick animals. Antibiotics are often added to animal feed to help them grow faster. We still don’t know exactly why this works, but it results in tons of antibiotics being used on farms – 80% of all antibiotics in the US are in farm animals and only 20% in humans .
It helps the fact that some farms have abandoned the use of antibiotics used in medicine, even if they are still using others, and you can see in the table at the link below which manufacturers they are. Click a category at the top to see which brands follow each policy and hover over a shortcut for details.
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