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India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics

posted by takyon on Friday February 02 2018, @06:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the chicken-not-so-little dept.

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The Guardian reports that according to a Bureau of Investigative Journalism study, colistin, an "antibiotic of last resort," is used by the tonnes by Indian farms to make the poultry gain weight a little bit faster. And all of this is perfectly legal. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls antibiotic resistance "a major threat to public health".

Another reason to eat less meat I guess. Like we needed one.

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:23AM (1 child)

    by Immerman (3985) on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:23AM (#632291)

    Do they make gluten enriched bacon now? I'm trying to think of how you'd get wheat into bacon so that "gluten free" is anything but a pandering market-imp noise.

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:08AM

    by dry (223) on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:08AM (#632348) Journal

    They probably lightly coat it in flour to stop it from sticking, much like some brands of frozen french fries and a lot of other stuff. That wax they put on apples, gluten based.
    I was put on tetracycline for a year or so as a teenager to treat my acne. Ever since I've had weird guts and gluten (or perhaps it is one of the other proteins in various grains) is one of the foods I have to avoid to function in modern society where it is looked down on to just shit when you get the runs.