Call on federal government to ban non-medical antibiotics on factory farms

Why This Vote Matters

The city unanimously approved a resolution calling on federal agencies to ban the routine use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals. Factory farms often give antibiotics to livestock not to treat illness, but to make them grow faster and prevent disease in crowded conditions, which health experts say contributes to dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can harm people. The resolution supports allowing antibiotics only when animals are actually sick, not as a preventive measure or growth enhancer. This is a symbolic policy statement with no direct financial impact on the city, as the actual regulation would need to come from federal authorities.

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