WINTER 2015
to the gross abuse of antibiotics, the class
of antibiotics being used in food production is increasingly dangerous. Drugs such
as cephalosporins, considered by health
experts to be the last defense of modern
medicine against many infections, are increasingly being purchased by animal producers. Doing so tragically undermines
DOMESTIC
and development. Effective government
steps have been shown to be effective in
decreasing the usage of antibiotics given
time to refine conventional farming practices. Member nations of the European
Union - where antibiotic use for non-therapeutic purposes has been banned since
2006 - have successfully transformed food
the lack of private sector investment