Is nonorganic low-fat beef safe?

[FitnessMike]

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[Rinse & rePeat]

Non-organic cattle are treated with hormones and antibiotics and fed PUFA’s, so it depends on what you mean by safe.

 

[FitnessMike]

Non-organic cattle are treated with hormones and antibiotics and fed PUFA’s, so it depends on what you mean by safe.

are you sure whether its true for the UK too?

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

are you sure whether its true for the UK too?

“While antibiotics are a lifesaver for sick animals, just like they are for humans, the problem lies in the practice of mass-medicating whole groups of animals when no disease is present. Yet, it’s still happening and is often used to compensate for low-welfare, cramped conditions where disease outbreaks are common and harder to control.

According to the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, an EU-wide campaign against the overuse of antibiotics in farming, farm animals account for almost two thirds of all antibiotics used in 26 European countries, and around 30% of all antibiotics used in the UK. Now experts such as the UK’s chief medical officer Professor Dame Sally Davies and specialists at the World Health Organisation are warning the farming industry to reduce mass antibiotic use in food-producing farming.

As drug resistance spreads – and we potentially lose the antibiotics we rely on – many medical advances we’ve made could be lost. A simple human infection which we are currently able to treat quickly with antibiotics could become something much more serious.“

Organic farming and the use of antibiotics

The problem of antibiotic resistance is real and there’s no shying away from the fact that healthier farm animals is the answer. We meet some organic farmers who are leading the way…

goorganicuk.com

 

[FitnessMike]

thank you