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Some meat labels for antibiotics only apply to specific antibiotic categories. CR photo

More people are buying chicken and beef with labels that promise no antibiotics according to a nationally representative Consumer Reports survey. The trend comes out of concerns about antibiotic resistance. But what do the no antibiotics labels really mean? Consumer Reports says youd be surprised.

Research shows there is a connection between the overuse of antibiotics in food animals and drug-resistant infections in people. In other words, our arsenal of antibiotics may no longer work to kill bacteria that cause certain illnesses. We calculate that about one in five people who got an antibiotic-resistant infection because of something they ate.

To avoid antibiotic-treated animals, check the labels carefully. A label might say no growth-promoting antibiotics." That means those used to enable quicker weight gain. But look at the much smaller print, and youll see that antibiotics might still have been used in to treat or prevent illness.

Another twist: Some fast-food restaurants, KFC, Taco Bell and Wendys, for instance, promise that now or soon they will serve only poultry that is raised without antibiotics important to human medicine," meaning none that are given to people. Eliminating medically important antibiotics does help thwart antibiotic resistance, but its not as good as eliminating all antibiotic use in healthy animals. Your best bet is to look for labels that say never given antibiotics No antibiotics ever or raised without antibiotics.

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