Consumer Group Presses Trader Joe's On Meat Antibiotics

A national consumer-advocacy group is asking grocer Trader Joe's to stop selling meat from animals raised on antibiotics.

Consumers Union took out full-page ads Monday in The Denver Post and the Boulder Daily Camera, saying, "Trader Joe's, be an industry leader: Get your meat off antibiotics."

Consumers Union said it is pressing the issue because it claims that the routine use of antibiotics on healthy livestock is a public-health threat, making the drugs less effective for treating disease.

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