In the California Senate, Dean Florez (CA-16th) has introduced SB 416 which eliminates the use of nontherapeutic antibiotics in livestock. The legislation passed out of the Senate Food and Agriculture committee and is now headed to the Senate Education Committee. Can you let your Senator know that you want antibiotics eliminated from the food supply?

Many animals raised for food receive routine, low doses of antibiotics through their feed and water. Producers do this in order to boost growth rates or prevent disease outbreaks among animals housed closely together, often in unhygienic conditions.  

The volume of antibiotics fed to animals for these nontherapeutic purposes dwarfs the amount used to treat sick animals, and half of the antibiotics used are either the same or very similar to those given to humans when we are sick. Food and Water Watch is extremely concerned about the human health impact of nontherapeutic antibiotic use in livestock and poultry production. Major medical associations agree that this practice contributes to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can sicken humans.  

The Senate Education Committee will decide Wednesday April 29th whether to pass this legislation out of committee. Let your Senator know that you want them to support this effort to eliminate non-therapeutic antibiotics from your meat! 

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