Last warning for California veal farm on antibiotic misuse

The US Food and Drug Administration has warned a Californian veal farm that unless they comply with federal law they will be closed down. The federal government claims that this farm has an extensive history of illegal quantities of antibiotics in its veal calf meat.

The USDA has filed for a permanent injunction (known as a consent decree) against Virtue Calves in Galt California. The consent decree prevents the farmer from purchasing or selling any animals from their company for food use unless they take certain specific actions to assure that any animals with illegal drug residues in "edible tissue" do not enter the food supply. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers