Modern Meat
Modern Meat: Antibiotics, Hormones, and the Pharmaceutical Farm is a 1984 book by Orville Schell on intensive animal farming and antibiotic use in livestock.
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| Author | Orville Schell |
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| Country | United States |
| Subject | intensive animal farming and antibiotic use in livestock |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Pages | 337 |
| ISBN | 978-0394518909 |
Reviews
One reviewer said that the book is a "startling introduction to today's mass-producing factory farms" but that it had the flaw of the author's "unrestrained personal bias and overdramatization of issues".[1]
Another reviewer said that the book was controversial and "warns of subtle—but potentially dangerous—long-range effects of 'pharmaceutical farming.'"[2]
A reviewer summarized the book's coverage as descriptions of "the indiscriminate use of ""subtherapeutic"" antibiotics in animal feeds (probably contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in both human and animal hosts); the use of diethylstilbestrol and other hormones; and (more briefly) the USDA meat-inspection programs--plus the industry's search for what could be described as nonfood feeds to simplify the stoking of four-footed machines."[3]
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association called the book "one-sided" and "seriously flawed".[2] Consumer advocate Ralph Nader called the book "precise and gripping".[2]
References
- Marquand, Cynthia B. (22 October 1984). "'Modern Meat' raises tough questions for consumers to chew on; Modern Meat: Antibiotics, Hormones, and the Pharmaceutical Farm, by Orville Schell". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- Faber, Nancy (September 24, 1984). "Orville Schell Beefs About Cattle and Chemicals in a Controversial Book, Modern Meat". People. 22 (13). Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- staff (1 April 1984). "MODERN MEAT: Antibiotics, Hormones and the Pharmaceutical Farm by Orville Schell". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 14 November 2014.