Survey work commissioned by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance found that the vast majority of consumers want more information and transparency applied to the food system. Antibiotic Hogwash While regulators are getting it right despite the wild charges of activists, it is unfortunate that University of Calgary economist Aidan Hollis incorrectly added up the impact of antibiotic use in animal agriculture. In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Hollis failed to use the Granger causality test when asserting that the high rate of antibiotic use poses a threat to human health. Although activists without worries about social responsibility or reputational risk have wildly claimed such drug use has caused superbu...

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