Animal Antibiotics

You've seen the label "no antibiotics added" on various meat and poultry products in the grocery store and at your local Greenmarket. Perhaps you seek out these product because human antibiotic resistance has become an important issue for you or because you believe that animal welfare is negatively impacted by the use of therapeutic antibiotics. Perhaps you never seek out these products. Whatever the case may be, the FDA has decided to issue stricter guidelines on this aspect of factory farming. The final guidelines will not be published for several months, but in the meantime you can get yourself up-to-date on this issue here.

If you're interested in getting a better understanding of all those other labels you see on meat and poultry products, you can read the USDA's Food and Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) glossary of meat and poultry labeling terms here.