Antibiotics in meat. The media is on it.

[Guest guest]

The Dairy Council and the National Pork Board had a hissy fit when the media

finally did an article about what's happening to our national food supply. they

are now attacking Couric and SOMEHOW attaching this coverage to the

" liberal " media. As if dirty, druggy meat is an All-American thing to be

embraced by all people who love our country, as opposed to those evil-doers who

want clean meat! Twisted! This report was from back in February....

Will

Pork Board vet: Couric didn't get it right (audio)

By Dairy Herd staff | 2/10/2010

CBS Evening News anchor Couric, in an investigative report Tuesday night

on antibiotic-resistant bacteria, apparently glossed over some of the facts.

That becomes apparent when listening to Liz Wagstrom, veterinarian and assistant

vice president of science and technology for the National Pork Board, who was

interviewed Wednesday by AgriTalk.

Couric's report focused largely on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

or MRSA. Yet, Wagstrom points out, it appears that MRSA is not related to

antibiotic use in animals, " and indeed the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention as well as the European Food Safety Authority have said that MRSA in

food or in relation to animals is really very unlikely. "

" So, I think that this is very much an overreaction. She obviously did not

understand that farmers use antibiotics carefully, " Wagstrom adds.

Hear the entire AgriTalk interview with Wagstrom.

Source: AgriTalk radio, owned by the parent company of Dairy Herd Management