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Researchers ask hospital cafeterias to be like Chipotle

Experts at the University of California, San Francisco want them to be more like the fast-casual chain and phase out their use of antibiotic-loaded meat.

FSD Staff

October 20, 2015

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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco are asking hospital cafeterias to be more like Chipotle and phase out their use of antibiotic-loaded meat, reports Ars Technica.

In a recent article published in the American Journal of Public Health, UCSF experts called on hospital cafeterias to stop purchasing meat from farms that give their animal’s antibiotics, citing “life-threatening” infections to those who eat or touch the meat.

Experts also said the move could preserve the “effectiveness” of antibiotics, reports Technica.

Read the full story via Ars Technica.
 

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