How to reduce your foodprint for your 2022 New Year’s resolution
Many of us use this time of year to reflect on what we want to do differently in the year ahead. One resolution that could really help the planet? Reducing your foodprint.
Food & farming
We should be able to trust that the food we buy in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health.
You want to lead a healthy life, and help your family do the same, and you trust that the food in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health or safety. But that’s not always the case, and the evidence connecting toxic pesticides to serious health risks, like cancer, continues to grow. It’s also clear that the early warning system for contaminated food, and our food recall system, need a serious overhaul. We can and should expect better.
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Did You Know?
In 2019, more than 1.2 million people died worldwide from drug-resistant infections — which are only becoming more common as antibiotic overuse on factory farms threatens the future effectiveness of these medicines.
What We're Doing
We know we can get factory farms to change their practices if America's largest restaurant chains commit to serving meat that has been raised without the routine use of medically important antibiotics.
The Latest
High levels of resistant bacteria found in uncooked meats and raw dog food: ‘Red flag’
Andre Delattre, chief operating officer of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) in Washington, D.C., said the study "underscores the importance of ending the practice of routine use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. An inevitable byproduct of antibiotic overuse is resistance to these drugs," he told Fox News Digital.
New Superbugs in Stock report: grocery stores failing to stop antibiotic overuse in meat supply chains
Food recalls decline in 2021, but that doesn’t mean food is safer
Significantly fewer foods and beverages were recalled in 2021 than in 2020. But fewer recalls doesn’t necessarily mean food was safer last year.
Medical professionals urge McDonald’s to reduce antibiotic use in its beef supply chain
More than 130 medical professionals organized by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund sent a letter to McDonald’s Thursday urging the company to meet its 2018 commitment to reduce antibiotic use in its beef supply chain. The coalition delivered the letter at the start of World Antibiotic Awareness Week to stress the urgency of taking action to stop overusing our life-saving medicines in agriculture. Otherwise, the drugs may no longer heal sick people.
PIRG Education Fund urges McDonald’s to meet commitment to reduce antibiotic use in beef supply
PIRG Education Fund is calling on McDonald’s, the single largest purchaser of beef in the United States, to fulfill its commitment to reduce antibiotic use in its beef supply chain.
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Consumer Watchdog, PIRG