Smithfield Foods Inc. will stop feeding antibiotics routinely to healthy hogs used for meat products sold to Compass Group North America Inc., a large food service company.
Smithfield's deal with Compass of Charlotte, N.C. bans antibiotics used to treat humans but that are also added to animal feed to promote growth.
Smithfield Foods Inc., a major pork producer, announced Tuesday that it will limit the amount and kind of antibiotics it uses in pigs in compliance with new guidelines imposed by a major customer, Compass Group's Charlotte-based North American unit.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Food service giant Compass Group, which cooks for schools, museums, hospitals and corporations nationwide, unveiled a first-of-its kind purchasing policy Tuesday aimed at reducing the use of antibiotics in pork production.
The Wall Street Journal
August 2, 2005
HEALTH
Concern Grows About Antibiotic Use in Food Limited FDA Ban Comes As Ranchers, Retailers Pitch Range of Drug-Free Products
By KATY MCLAUGHLIN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
August 2, 2005; Page D1
Time bombs lace most U.S. meat
August 2, 2005
By Diane Carman
Denver Post Columnist
DenverPost.com
On a blistering hot day, rancher Sue Jarrett took two carloads of city slickers on the tour de manure.
US quest to find offshore oil and gas reserves raises concerns about 'blasting' marine animals.
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Faced with its biggest energy challenge in more than 20 years, the United States is poised to look for offshore reserves of oil and natural gas as never before.
From the Associated Press, via CNN.com
Bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, has never been sacred. If anything, using the great wood has always been the Louisiana way.
From The New York Times, by Carl Zimmer
Richard Prum, a Yale ornithologist, was hiking through an Ecuadorean forest 18 years ago when he had one of the strangest experiences an ornithologist can have. He watched a bird sing with its wings.
