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Cargill to cut cattle antibiotics by 20%

11/03/2016

Meat packer Cargill is beginning to cut the use of antibiotics in its cattle, with the aim of reducing drugs deemed important for human use by 20%. The changes affect about 1.2 million cattle annually, which represents about 18% of the cattle Cargill processes, according to a report on Reuters. In November, the World Health Organisation called...

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