INDIA’S POULTRY INDUSTRY FEUDS WITH NGOs OVER ANTIBIOTICS

A PUBLIC row has broken out between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in India and the country’s poultry industry over the vexed issue of the use of antibiotics on Indian farms. The All India Poultry Development and Services Pvt Ltd (AIPDS), an industry body based in southern state of Karnataka has been angered by public statements made by the Mobius Foundation, a New Delhi-based NGO (https://www.facebook.com/Mobiusfoundation/). It took out a Times of India advertisement on February 22 claiming in bold letters that “Eating antibiotic dosed chicken is ...


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