P. J. Alling wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >>> I wonder how much of that is real health concerns and how much is >>> hidden protectionism. >> >> The issue is bacterial diseases building resistance to antibiotics >> because of their overuse in livestock. >> >> Antibiotic-resistant diseases are a big problem and getting bigger. >> >I think that's an issue after the fact. Although I could be wrong about >that.
I'm not sure what you mean by that, but the only way of addressing the problem is to prohibit and/or discourage the routine use of antibiotics in animal feed. You can do so by banning its use within your own country and prohibiting importation of meat from countries that don't ban it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

