CAFO’s are a Public Health Crisis:The Creation of COVID-19

Authors

Helena Masiello, University of Miami School of Law

Abstract

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (“CAFO’s”) are largely unregulated by State or Federal Laws in the United States. As a result of this lack of oversight, they are a breeding ground for deadly infectious diseases. The COVID-19 epidemic has demonstrated the threat that diseases pose to the United State like H1N1, SARS, and Ebola.
The USDA needs to regulate CAFOs under the mandate given to them by congress in the AHPA to ensure that they are not the epicenter of the next wave of deadly infectious diseases. Scientists have been warning about the disease potential of CAFOs for the last decade, and it is time for policy makers to listen and take action.

Recommended Citation

Helena Masiello, CAFO’s are a Public Health Crisis:The Creation of COVID-19, 76 U. Mia. L. Rev. 900 (2022)
Available at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol76/iss3/8