Dive Summary:
- Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, has released an article calling for the immediate reduction of antibiotics used in meat production.
- The organization claims the continued overuse of these antibiotics will promote the spread of "super bugs," bacteria that are resistant to all forms of antibiotics.
- In 2010, the director of the CDC remarked that there was a definite link between the use of antibiotics in food and antibiotic resistance in humans.
From the article:
YONKERS, N.Y. (PRNewswire-USNewswire) â Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, today called for a major reduction in the use of antibiotics in food animal production because their overuse promotes the spread of drug-resistant superbugs and makes antibiotics less effective for people.Consumers Union is calling attention to the overuse of antibiotics on farms during the Center For Disease Control and Prevention's "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week" (November 12-18), which aims to raise awareness about how growing antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most pre...
