You Are What They Eat. .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 45Health. Publisher: Consumer Reports, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): 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 | United States Food and Drug Adm | Waste products as feedDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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