An Illinois public interest group and its affiliates across the country launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday urging Subway to serve only antibiotic-free meat and poultry at its sandwich shops.
Specifically, the Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) is calling on Subway to "stop using meat raised with the routine use of antibiotics."
Illinois PIRG canvassers promoted the public interest group's "Subway: Go Antibiotic-Free" campaign late Tuesday morning at a Chicago Subway restaurant at 319 S. Jefferson St.
Outside the Subway location, Illinois PIRG volunteers and interns distributed flyers and asked passersby to pose for photos with signs reading, "I was craving a sub, but I wanted meat raised without antibiotics."
The Rauner administration on Tuesday detailed $400 million worth of spending cuts it is set to implement "in order to begin balancing the phony Madigan-Cullerton budget,” according to a news release.
The following comes from Dev Gowda, an advocate with Illinois PIRG.
Plan fails to adequately address growing public health threat
Tomorrow the National Task Force for Combating Resistant Bacteria will release a five-year action plan to tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. While the plan will take several important steps necessary to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, it will miss the opportunity to call for critical reforms in the agricultural sector that are essential to protect public health.
President Obama gets an 'A' for tackling this problem from multiple angles. But in terms of addressing the biggest problem, the troubling overuse and misuse of antibiotics on large factory farms, the administration gets an incomplete.
This lack of action to address the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is notable in the face of recent commitments by several major retailers to curtail the purchase of meat raised with the routine use of the drugs. Earlier this month, for instance, McDonald's announced it will phase out chicken raised with medically important antibiotics in its U.S. restaurants. This policy will likely do more to confront the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture than the policies recommended in today's plan.
Will County residents delivered close to 13,000 petitions to state offices on Wednesday calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner to drop plans for the Illiana Tollway.
America’s small business owners overwhelmingly oppose the use of
offshore tax havens by large corporations and support closing loopholes
to end the tax-dodging practice, a new poll from the American Sustainable Business Council and Main Street Alliance shows.
The
poll of 515 small business owners from across the country comes as
Congress attempts to address tax reform. Gov. Pat Quinn is also looking to close a few corporate tax loopholes at the local level.
“There’s
widespread agreement that the current tax system is broken and is not
serving the best interests of the economy or the country,” said Joshua
Welter, director of special projects for the Main Street Alliance.
“There is growing momentum to do something this year.”
An Illinois public interest group and its affiliates across the country launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday urging Subway to serve only antibiotic-free meat and poultry at its sandwich shops.
The following comes from Dev Gowda, an advocate with Illinois PIRG.
America’s small business owners overwhelmingly oppose the use of
offshore tax havens by large corporations and support closing loopholes
to end the tax-dodging practice, a new 