Obama Seeks to End Antibiotic Use to Spur Animal Growth

I agree with Bailey78. Kids do look like mutants these days.

Though each of us does have an insane amount of consumer power in not purchasing hormone infused animals who've been forced to live torturous lives in factories, we all for some reason think we can't make a difference so we keep on doing what we're doing.

Or worse - many of us have no idea of the ridiculous things we're putting in our bodies because we naively trust that FDA is looking out for us and will keep us safe. Perhaps many people who don't know would like to know but are kept too busy trying to make money to feed this stuff to their kids to look into it.

that's a huge deal.

I think I rather pay the extra $3 for the healthy chicken, than getting some crazy cancer or have my children born retarded... Cause & effect my man cause & effect, the $ you will save in genetically enhanced foods will not be able to cover the diseases it causes that kill thousands of Americans everyday but, the government doesn't tell you that. Fuck KFC and their retarded chicken, screw all the big corporations that make us sick and dumber everyday.

good!

@ janforgore, even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

What you don't like the chickens with four legs and six wings. Besides I thought all birds grew to be ten pounds in fortyfive days.besides that have you seen the size of the kids these days? they are huge twelve year olds bigger than me and Im six foot tall and weigh 180. I have seen what all them harmones are doing to kids just look around folks things arn't right. plant a garden and go back to a simpler way of life. you need to get out of the house any way

And what about hormones like rbgh that are still in dairy products? Monsanto may have sold it to Eli Lilly, but that doesn't mean it isn't still in dairy products especially when the current FDA and USDA prohibit consumer disclosure on labels. *We need labels that tell us if the food we are eating has GMOS in them.* But again, Michael Taylor just being hired back to the FDA through the Monsanto revolving door in a very high profile position along with Tom Vilsack Monsanto Man running it doesn't give me much comfort that this will happen. It seems like Obama does just enough to keep certain groups happy with handing them a carrot while really just going along with business as usual on the whole. If you are going to take antibiotics out of animals, then damn it go all the way so our food will be truly healthy.

How about going after the companies next that are also poisoning people with Aspartame? Let's see just how far this goes, or if we ever hear about any other moves again. You hand out carrots, now let's see some sticks where they need to be given out. Hold companies like Monsanto truly accountable for POISONING this planet and the health of humans. Start with banning Round Up and calling a moratorium on all GMOS until REAL tests are done and not gagged by Monsanto in collusion with the FDA and USDA that is supposed to CARE about our health!

Long overdue. Our food and water supply should not be poisoned. Should be a fundamental right NOT to be poisoned.

Animals will benefit to some degree also. Costs will increase to some degree and people will reduce their animal food intake, and welfare standards will necessarily have to go. Animals will have to be kept much healthier without the corporate convenience of keeping them drugged.

And anything that reduces the profitability of factory farming, I'm in favor of.

This is dumb - Man's life expectancy has only increased though the years. You'd think that if this was really an important issue, then there'd be substantial consequences for eating treated animals. Maybe he'll ban preservatives, artificial coloring, and the deep fryer at McDonalds!!! There are so many variables that affect the quality of food and the potential that it may be home to one form of bacteria or another - Put a damn label on the meat - I would prefer to have the option to pay less and get more of something that could possibly be slightly worse... just like fast food - the option is there.

TrilLogic: That's where the vet comes in. That would eliminate the unnecessary use or abuse of antibiotics.

TommyTooThumbs: We could stand to eat less- smaller portions would help. it's bad enough we've become less and less healthy over the years; not to mention our world image as fat gun-toting windbags with a hankering for law-suits.

It seems like Obama is throwing the baby out with the bath water....I understand getting rid of the anti-biotic that lead to dangerous bacteria but what about the ones that don't?

I'm not quite clear on the criteria for organic. I remember hearing it a while back and beeing shocked.

The cost is worth it with our food and water supply. Anything that goes into your body daily is worth taking the time to make it quality.

Now if a farmer has to consult a vet to give antibiotics, things could get expensive for the farmer and the resulting animals smaller. Thus, making things more expensive for us. It is a great idea,... I hope it helps... but realize it comes at a cost.

If everyone buys organic free range , they will stop using drugs anyways .

more positive steps. why it took this long to figure this out...i don't know.

when countries literally riot to keep american meat out of their markets you know we've got some serious problems.

I hope this works out... My family does not like me eating not eating meat.

I agree with the above remarks, but so glad to see a sign that we're actually in the 21st century!

Great. Now hold factory farms accountable for the toxic feces ridden sludge that causes more bacteria in our food and pollutes our waterways and the inhumane treatment of these animals to begin with. That along with banning the GMO corn and soy they are fed. Of course that would mean standing up to Monsanto, and you can't do that if you keep rehiring their cronies to the FDA.

That's the end of Tyson chickens as we Know it.................

~Fufufufu....

Good, I hope he manages to conquer this issue and make our meat healthier. I'm always a little disturbed when I see turkey breasts the size of my entire head.