感恩节来临 美国消费者组织呼吁购买无抗生素火鸡

    食品伙伴网讯 据美国食品安全新闻网消息，感恩节来临，作为节日美食的火鸡自然成了美国人盘中的美味。美国多个消费者组织呼吁人们购买不含抗生素的火鸡，以控制当前抗生素滥用的局面。

    今年夏天，美国大型肉企嘉吉公司Cargil表示，承诺不将抗生素用于促进家禽生长，美国首个这样做的厂家。 然而嘉吉公司并未承诺不将抗生素用于防病。美国消费者组织认为，这样做仍不够，呼吁政府采取更多行动。

    部分原文报道如下：

    Public health advocates are calling on consumers to go antibiotic-free with their traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

    Earlier this week, the Pew Charitable Trusts posted its three reasons to buy a Thanksgiving turkey raised without antibiotics - the main one being that consumers can influence food producers to curb the overuse of antibiotics in livestock raised for food by “voting with their wallets.”

    The concern is not with antibiotic residue - something for which the U.S. Department of Agriculture inspects - but that overuse of antibiotics on farms contributes to the rise in antibiotic-resistant bugs, foodborne and otherwise.

    原文链接：<http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/11/going-with-antibiotic-free-turkey-for-thanksgiving/#.VHW7nIWTVU8>