Animal Pharma, the Animal Drug Divisions within Drug Companies that sell Livestock Drugs by the Ton

Few people are aware of Animal Pharma, the animal drug divisions within drug companies

American livestock is pumped full of harmful drugs, making our food dangerous and cruel at the same time.
image of American livestock
American livestock is pumped full of harmful drugs, making our food dangerous and cruel at the same time.

” Most people are aware of Big Pharma, thanks to its advertising, but few are aware of Animal Pharma, the animal drug divisions within drug companies that sell livestock drugs by the ton. Unlike people Pharma, many Animal Pharma drugs do not require a prescription or a veterinarian and the hormones, growth promoters, feed additives and antiparasite and antifungal drugs are loosely regulated and monitored. The USDA tests for residues from the drugs in meat, poultry and egg products but repeat offender farms that release animals with violative drug residues into the human food supply are identified weekly. ”

Read 6 Nasty Drugs Your Meat Is On, by Martha Rosenberg,
writer of the public health book Born With a Junk Food Deficiency,
AlterNet, February 7, 2014

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