B.C. Dairy Farmers Fined For Antibiotics In Milk
October 14, 2016 | 1 min to read
Eleven B.C. dairy farms were fined a total of $65,000 after antibiotics were detected in the milk they were sending to processors over the past year.
According to the B.C. Dairy Association, the farmers paid an average penalty of $6,000 each and were not paid for the contaminated milk. The tests were conducted between August 2015 and July 2016
Spokesperson Trevor Hargreaves said the industry uses three levels of testing to keep antibiotics out of the food supply.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: CBC News