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You Are What They Eat. - Consumer Reports, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 45, Health, 1522-323X; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: You Are What They Eat, Jan. 2005; pp. 26-31.
"Humans are at the top of the food chain. As a result, we're vulnerable to pathogens, drugs, and contaminants consumed by the animals we eat. And we eat a lot: an average of 137 pounds of beef, chicken, fish, and shellfish per American in 2002, the latest year for which figures are available." (CONSUMER REPORTS) This article reviews the benefits and risks to humans from the foods that animals eat and discusses ways consumers can improve food safety.
1522-323X;
United States Food and Drug Adm.
Antibiotics in animal nutrition
Arsenic
Beef cattle
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Chickens
Feed additives
Feed industry
Feeds
Fish-culture
Food--Safety measures
Organic wastes
Rendering industry
Waste products as feed
AC1.S5
050
You Are What They Eat. - Consumer Reports, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 45, Health, 1522-323X; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: You Are What They Eat, Jan. 2005; pp. 26-31.
"Humans are at the top of the food chain. As a result, we're vulnerable to pathogens, drugs, and contaminants consumed by the animals we eat. And we eat a lot: an average of 137 pounds of beef, chicken, fish, and shellfish per American in 2002, the latest year for which figures are available." (CONSUMER REPORTS) This article reviews the benefits and risks to humans from the foods that animals eat and discusses ways consumers can improve food safety.
1522-323X;
United States Food and Drug Adm.
Antibiotics in animal nutrition
Arsenic
Beef cattle
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Chickens
Feed additives
Feed industry
Feeds
Fish-culture
Food--Safety measures
Organic wastes
Rendering industry
Waste products as feed
AC1.S5
050