{"id":662,"date":"2022-10-05T00:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T00:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmforward1.wpengine.com\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:11:17","slug":"antibiotics-public-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/antibiotics-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotics and Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"links_with_content padding-top-small padding-bottom-large\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"section-title\">Explore this issue<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctas-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/antibiotics-public-health\/antibiotics-101\/\" target=\"_self\">Antibiotics 101<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/antibiotics-public-health\/antibiotics-and-agribusiness\/\" target=\"_self\">Antibiotics and Agribusiness<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/antibiotics-public-health\/how-can-antibiotic-free-meat-contain-antibiotics\/\" target=\"_self\">How can &#8220;antibiotic-free&#8221; meat <br>contain antibiotics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/antibiotics-public-health\/chicken-antibiotics\/\" target=\"_self\">Antibiotic use in chickens<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><h2>In the US, farmed animals are <em>routinely<\/em> fed antibiotics to promote their growth. Antibiotics are an integral tool of factory farming.<\/h2>\n<p>When farmed animals get sick they should get treatment including antibiotics, but drugs shouldn&#8217;t be used as a crutch to compensate for unsanitary living conditions. The crowded conditions of immunocompromised animals on factory farms are a breeding ground for pathogens, and to ensure that sick animals grow quickly and stay alive until slaughter, they are routinely fed antibiotics, even when they are not sick. This continuous \u201csubtherapeutic\u201d dose of these lifesaving drugs leads to antibiotic-resistant infections, the \u201csuperbugs\u201d which are now a leading cause of death in humans worldwide. Antimicrobial resistance was associated with nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/drugresistance\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 million deaths in 2019<\/a>, and predicted to grow to 10 million deaths annually by 2050<a class='endnote' href='#endnote1'>1<\/a>\u2014more people than currently die from cancer. The World Health Organization calls antimicrobial resistance \u201cone of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because subtherapeutic antibiotics prop up an agricultural system based on crowding sick, immunocompromised animals together, they also indirectly contribute to the emergence of novel viral pathogens like influenzas (flus) and coronaviruses that have the potential to cause human pandemics.<\/p>\n<p>A few retailers seek to appeal to conscientious consumers and market some of their meat as \u201cantibiotic free.\u201d Antibiotic-free meat can cost consumers 20 percent more than conventional meat, and surveys show 75 percent of consumers are willing to pay more for it. Unfortunately, claims of \u201cantibiotic free\u201d may not always be true. In 2022, Farm Forward joined a consumer class action lawsuit against Whole Foods, alleging that the retailer deceived customers about certain products in its stores marketed as \u201cantibiotic free.\u201d An independent laboratory found antibiotic residue in \u201cantibiotic free\u201d meat purchased from a California Whole Foods store. 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The Meat Industry Is To Blame.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/whole-foods-false-marketing-of-raised-without-antibiotics-beef-continues-to-deceive-consumers\/\">&nbsp;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/7E6F09E6-3351-42B3-BF11-8F1918268147.jpeg');\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"category btn btn-small\" href=\"\/news\/category\/animal-product-labeling\">Animal Product Labeling<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"small date\">April 21, 2025<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"small post-title\">Whole Foods\u2019 False Marketing of Raised Without Antibiotics Beef Continues to Deceive Consumers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"media_quote padding-top-small padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner bg-white\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"quote\">The antibiotic-free claims are not being verified. These are claims being made with more or less a \u2018trust us,\u2019 &#8230; We want the meat industry to stop humane-washing. Meet the expectations the public has about how animals should be raised for food, which includes that they don\u2019t routinely use antibiotics to compensate for bad husbandry and dirty, dangerous conditions.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"staff-member\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/author\/andrew-decoriolis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"headshot\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Andrew-headshot-Large-1.jpg');\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"name\">Andrew deCoriolis<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"jobtitle\">Executive Director<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"right-title\">The Whole Foods Label Says The Meat Is Free Of Antibiotics, But A Lawsuit Claims That\u2019s Not 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