Meat Industry Now Consuming Almost All Of America's Antibiotics

Meat Industry Now Consuming Almost All Of America's Antibiotics
TO GO WITH AFP STORY Cows await before being taken to the slaughterhouse of the Frigorifico San Jacinto, one of the most important Uruguayan meat processing plants, in San Jacinto, Canelones on October 31, 2012, during a visit attendants to the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Develpment (2012 GCARD) which is taking place in Punta del Este, 140 km east of Montevideo. AFP PHOTO/Pablo PORCIUNCULA (Photo credit should read PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY Cows await before being taken to the slaughterhouse of the Frigorifico San Jacinto, one of the most important Uruguayan meat processing plants, in San Jacinto, Canelones on October 31, 2012, during a visit attendants to the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Develpment (2012 GCARD) which is taking place in Punta del Este, 140 km east of Montevideo. AFP PHOTO/Pablo PORCIUNCULA (Photo credit should read PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP/Getty Images)

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a set of voluntary "guidelines" designed to nudge the meat industry to curb its antibiotics habit. Ever since, the agency has been mulling whether and how to implement the new program.

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