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The Wall Street Journal: Cargill to cut back on antibiotics in U.S. beef cattle
2016-03-09 06:16:17| Food - Topix.net
Cargill Inc. plans to scale back antibiotics use in its U.S. cattle supply, one of the most significant steps yet among beef processors to reduce reliance on drugs used to treat human illnesses. The suburban Minneapolis company said it would eliminate one-fifth of such medically important antibiotics from cattle that Cargill processes into ground beef and steaks, affecting an estimated 1.2 million cattle annually.
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