Word: feeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mark of the third period, Anderson took a feed from junior Pete Hankinson and stuffed it past Maine goaltender Matt DelGuidice to give Minnesota a 4-2 lead...
Antibiotics like penicillin and tetracycline are mixed into animal feed for similar reasons. The low doses enhance growth and ward off ailments such as influenza and intestinal diseases, which are caused by the overcrowding and confinement common to factory farming. About half of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. today are fed to farm animals...
Although no solid scientific evidence indicates that hormones in beef are hazardous, many Americans are concerned. The European Community prohibited such drug use in cattle four years ago, and last January the E.C. banned imports of meat treated with hormones. But adding antibiotics to feed may pose an even greater threat. For years the drugs have been losing their punch against bacterial infections in humans. One explanation: the bacteria that normally flourish in the guts of farm animals are developing immunity to the antibiotics. And these new strains of superbugs are being passed on to people in the meat they...
...major case of pesticide contamination in chickens in Arkansas. Heptachlor, a cancer-causing chemical, was banned for use in food more than a decade ago, but the EPA permits it to be sprayed on some grains. Earlier this year sorghum treated with the substance was sold as feed grain and given to the chickens. The problem was detected in routine lab tests performed by the Campbell Soup Co., which had purchased the poultry. As a result, 400,000 chickens have been destroyed in the past month...
...heptachlor case highlights another flaw in the system. USDA and FDA investigators have been unable to trace the source of the tainted seed because it changed hands -- from farmer to grain-elevator operator to feed broker to poultry producer -- so many times. Closer monitoring is necessary at every step along the food-supply chain. Federal agencies also need more flexible enforcement powers. The USDA, for example, cannot levy fines on processing plants. It can close a plant down, but that is a drastic action that is not readily employed...