What is antibiotic-free meat?

You may not have realised, but when you’re eating a chicken leg or steak, you may also be consuming antibiotics. That’s still the case despite a growing trend of not using antibiotics, due to the dangers posed by antibiorestistance. Recent research by Food ID found that animals at some American livestock farms tested positive for antibiotics, despite having been labelled as “Raised without Antibiotics”. The findings, which were published in Science magazine, have called into question labelling programs and are a reminder that it’s hard to be sure exactly what’s in the food we eat.

How do antibiotics end up in food anyway? How serious are the health risks? Aren’t there rules to limit the use of antibiotics in livestock animals? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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What is antibiotic-free meat?

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