IFT Review of Antibiotic Resistance - Federation of Animal Science ...

China as Example
of Questionable
● Issues
Food and Food Ingredient Source
▲ Farmers rely on heavy use of chemicals to deal
with pest pressures, and
antibiotics are widely used
to control disease in livestock, poultry and
aquaculture
♦ Use many highly toxic pesticides, including
some that are banned in U.S.
♦ Farm chemicals are sometimes mislabeled and
inappropriately used
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November06/Features/FoodSafety.htm