FDA Discovers Dangerous Antibiotics in Slaughtered Cows
Posted By Jan Jenson on June 27, 2010
FDA Discovers Dangerous Antibiotics in Slaughtered Cows
Posted by: “cohensmilk1″ cohensmilk1@yahoo.com cohensmilk1
Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:35 am (PDT)
FDA Discovers Dangerous Antibiotics in Slaughtered Cows
The June 17, 2010 issue of Food Safety News reports
that unsafe levels of antibiotics have been found
in the flesh of slaughtered cows meant for human
consumption.
One drug, Flunixin, is permitted by FDA to treat very
sick horses. It is banned for dairy cows. FDA will not
tell you that consumption of meat and milk with flunixin
can cause serious kidney damage in humans and intestinal
bleeding and other gastrointestinal complications.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had no comment
regarding the milk from these cows, but the federal
agency did send warning letters to guilty dairy farm
operators in Ohio and Indiana.
So what else is new? We’ve been writing about this
issue in Notmilk columns for 15 years.
Why are antibiotics not effective when humans need
them? Give ya one guess…
FDA identified the antibiotics as flunixin and gentamicin.
These drugs were at unacceptable levels. FDA defines acceptable
levels of flunixin (sounds like a diseases ex-president) as
0.125 parts per million. The cow from Troyer dairy farm had
a flunixin level at more than eight times the safe level.
The tolerance level for gentamicin is zero. Uh, oh.
Having read the above, would you purchase meat and cheese
from the Troyer farm?
http://www.troyerch eese.com
FDA has concluded:
“The presence of these drugs in edible tissues from this animal
in these amounts causes the food to be adulterated. ..”
FDA also found Draxxin, also known as Tulathromycin. This drug is
not legally permitted to be used on lactating dairy cows.
Sadly, today’s story is the rule and not the exception for
dairy farmers. Sadly, FDA will not continue their investigation,
for to do so would immediately put an end to the dairy industry.
Sadly, many people continue to eat flesh and drink body fluids
from diseased animals as well as antibiotics used to treat
their sicknesses.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk. com
Wellthy Choices for breathing, water, nutrition, detoxification, sustainable living, spirituality. 
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