Antibotic use in Agriculture production

[PORKER]

Antibotic use in Agriculture production causing MRSA and other health problems.
Link to CBS video below;
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6191894n

[hypocritexposer]

antibiotics are being given to perfectly healthy Humans also.

[PORKER]

Since this CBS report featured hogs and chicken, beef use may pick up.

[Pig Farmer]

[PORKER]

Beefing Up Meat Safety in School Lunch Programs
February 15th, 2010

Supplying food for the National School Lunch Program is about to see tighter safety regulations. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in an attempt to tie tighter regulations and higher standards around meat products being consumed by children in school lunch programs. At issue is the frequency with which meat products are tested before they are included in cafeteria lunches. Gillibrand is calling for testing procedures similar to those used in the food industry. She cited Costco and Jack in the Box for having strict testing programs. She is also asking that the USDA to “terminate contracts with any habitual violators of your food safety policies.”

The attempt is part of the senator’s E. coli Eradication Act, legislation she authored that would for the first time federally mandate testing of all ground beef for E. coli. Her goal is to set stricter guidelines for bacteria, which may mean more testing for the livestock and meat production industry.

The highlight of the bill would be a requirement that slaughterhouses, producers and grinding facilities receiving ground meat trimmings use independent testing facilities for the E. coli testing. Also, the testing facilities would be given annual contracts to eliminate the chance of the testing facility being fired by the company as a result of returning too many positive E. coli test results.

For small producers, all is not lost. The bill sets a threshold 25,000 pounds of trim per day. Producers whose business falls under that threshold are given three years to comply with the measure.

The bill will put tighter recall deadlines on meat products; specifically, retailers must be notified of all Class I recalls directly and within 24 hours of a public recall. Also, producers will be expected to develop prevention plans to deal with food-borne hazards. That plan must be accessible by the FDA.
The good news is that the new bill, if passed, puts tighter food safety regulations on imported foods, leveling the playing field for domestic producers.

[mrj]

Anyone interested in FACTS, versus food hysteria agenda's could check the refutation of many of the claims in the CBS story may want to check comments by H. Scott Hurd DVM, PhD at Iowa State U.

www.vetmed.iastate.edu/news/isu-associate-professor-and-former-usda-deputy-undersecretary

http://vetmed.iastate.edu/research/labe/food-risk-modeling-and-policy-lab

Just a few points made:

That was a very small pilot study sampling less than 300 pigs.

There have been organic farms found to be 100% positive for mrsa and some conventional farms using using antibiotics were 100% free of mrsa.

There was a failure to state that there are at least 3 general categories of MRSA

The strain of MRSA associated with livestock is unique (strain 398) and has not been found in human disease surveillance for MRSA in either the US CDC, or the U of Iowa hospitals.

It is very unlikely people interviewed for the CBS story had livestock associated MRSA, and much more likely they had the common community-acquired strain from being in close contact with MRSA infected PEOPLE, not ANIMALS.

There is MUCH more to be found a the website of this highly respected University. How much respect is due CBS these days????



mrj

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[Broke Cowboy]

Terry

Someday you will actually post something that I will read - you know - something less than 600 words - neatly divided up into paragraphs and summing up your point.

And in fact, I am sure you have a point or two that might be valid - however, I just cannot beat myself about my naked upper body with a willow branch until I bleed.

Many of us - probably most of us - are not the scientific, fact driven, religious fanatics you want us to be.

You just do not get it - you lose more than 95% of your audience in the vast majority of cases. Possibly ALL your cases.

We - myself included - have told you this over and over.

We are not rabid fanatics - you want to educate me then do so - but do it in a manner that is interesting, informative and educational. Or at a minimum, readable.

Remember that boring nasal monotone the English teacher used that would put the entire class to sleep while discussing Wuthering Heights?

That is you my friend. That is you.

You might have something interesting to say, but I simply cannot bring myself to read it.

Try making your story interesting and to the point and you might, just might, gain an audience.

I bet you did not hear. I actually have come to believe, over the years, you do not want to hear.

You want to TELL.

So - one last time in a very short sentence.

Your delivery is why you fail in many / most cases.

So listen, learn and advance towards success.

In the end, if you do not change, you simply become more noise in the wind and people tend to block that noise out.

I am sure you will ignore this and continue - but I thought I might try - just one more time.

Regards

BC

[Faster horses]

Very true, BC. I didn't read it either; way too long.

[PORKER]

Facts Link;

http://www.pigprogress.net/weblog/pig-health/drug-dilemmas-3935.html

[Soapweed]

Very well said, Broke Cowboy.

[RobertMac]