Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union
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May 9, 2013
In response to hundreds of calls Trader Joe’s headquarters has been getting from customers asking them to stop selling meat raised on antibiotics, the company has issued a statement on their website. “We don’t presume to make choices for [customers],” it says, and points to some options shoppers have in their stores of organic and ‘no antibotics’ meat. But, they say, they also sell conventional meat, “where antibiotics are likely used.” Lots of grocery stores – in fact most,by our own surveys – give customers options of meat raised without antibiotics. What we’re asking, along with over half...
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June 26, 2012
by Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union Antibiotics use is widespread in the production of livestock, helping to create "superbugs," and aggravating the public health problem of antibiotic resistance. To address these issues, Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports , in a new report released today, " Meat on Drugs: The Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animals and What Supermarkets and Consumers Can Do to Stop It ," calls on supermarkets to stock only meat and poultry raised without antibiotics, and urges consumers to buy these products...
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