13 Jun 2006
Maine adopts meat purchasing policy

At least somebody out there gets it. Let's hope that other states follow suit, and that large producers don't run crying "Foul!" to the FDA or USDA, and try to pervert the commerce clause to strip these progressive areas of their right to insure consumer safety.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Maine’s Agriculture Committee took historic action to make Maine the first state to adopt a meat purchasing policy to address the antibiotic resistance crisis in human medicine.

(link) [The Prairie Star]

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