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Come down hard on those using antibiotics to fatten livestock

The warning by the Ministry of Health that the fight against viral and bacterial infections would be lost soon due to too much antibiotics ingested through food is alarming.

The ministry’s claim that farmers are using antibiotics to fatten their animals so as to fetch higher prices in the market is a demonstration of how the motivation for a quick shilling has driven farmers to brazenly engage in unethical practice. According to the ministry, farmers use penicillin and tetracycline in high doses on chicken, pork and beef and in the process, consumers ingest them.

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