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Antibiotics used in food production has concerned me for years now and the discussion pops up occasionally in the media every few months.
I saw it again raised on the news tonight showing examples of how the overuse of antibiotics in humans can lead to bugs becoming immune and developing into super bugs which are really hard to kill with current medications (antibiotics).
At the moment, we have a last line of antibiotics which can still be effective against most super bugs; however, scientists believe it's a matter of only several years before the bugs become immune to them and unless we find something else many people are going to suffer in the near future.
Most alarmingly is how despite western rules and regulations regarding the use of antibiotics other countries are using them liberally on people and also in food such as farmed sea food, domestic animals, fruit, and vegetables. This misuse of antibiotics is creating super bugs in these countries which are destined to hit our shores via people or imported products.
Due to the drop in standards right across the board in most government departments (for various reasons) testing imported food is pathetically limited and now days unreliable - I mean, can you trust govt departments anymore to do their job? I don't.
Therefore, over the past decade (since I have been aware of this) I have been very wary of buying and eating any imported food for me and my family especially from Asian countries or third world.
Luckily for us we grow most of our own fruit and veg and the stuff we do buy is scrutinized - it has to be if you are serious about your health these days.
Human greed has led to an overuse of antibiotics to fast grow food without disease but if the world doesn't get a handle on this issue soon no amount of antibiotics is going to help anyone...
I saw it again raised on the news tonight showing examples of how the overuse of antibiotics in humans can lead to bugs becoming immune and developing into super bugs which are really hard to kill with current medications (antibiotics).
At the moment, we have a last line of antibiotics which can still be effective against most super bugs; however, scientists believe it's a matter of only several years before the bugs become immune to them and unless we find something else many people are going to suffer in the near future.
Most alarmingly is how despite western rules and regulations regarding the use of antibiotics other countries are using them liberally on people and also in food such as farmed sea food, domestic animals, fruit, and vegetables. This misuse of antibiotics is creating super bugs in these countries which are destined to hit our shores via people or imported products.
Due to the drop in standards right across the board in most government departments (for various reasons) testing imported food is pathetically limited and now days unreliable - I mean, can you trust govt departments anymore to do their job? I don't.
Therefore, over the past decade (since I have been aware of this) I have been very wary of buying and eating any imported food for me and my family especially from Asian countries or third world.
Luckily for us we grow most of our own fruit and veg and the stuff we do buy is scrutinized - it has to be if you are serious about your health these days.
Human greed has led to an overuse of antibiotics to fast grow food without disease but if the world doesn't get a handle on this issue soon no amount of antibiotics is going to help anyone...