The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking its biggest step yet to rein in the indiscriminate use of antibiotics that help food animals grow bigger, faster. The agency
New research raises questions about whether poultry producers might still be using an antibiotic that was banned in 2005 after being linked to increasing antibiotic resistance.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins
Mounting scientific evidence shows that animal antibiotics are contributing to a rise in drug-resistant bacterial diseases among humans. But a new study out of Poland has found high levels of
Nineteen people in seven states have now been confirmed infected with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Typhimurium in the outbreak linked to contaminated ground beef sold at Hannaford Supermarkets,
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it will be restricting the use of cephalosporin – a type of antibiotic – in food animals in order to prevent the growth of
Just before the holidays, the FDA withdrew two 34 year-old proposals to limit the use of two non-therapeutic antibiotics (penicillin and tetracycline) in cattle feed, opting instead to recommend voluntary
Four outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella — the most ever in a single year — were 2011’s 3rd most important food safety story.
Since April, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Heidelberg and Salmonella Typhimurium
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided not to withdraw penicillin and tetracyclines in animal feed, backing off the agency’s initial intention to do so. The news
Public health advocates are ramping up their effort to reform how antibiotics are used in animal agriculture after two petitions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were denied
Federal agencies have made “limited progress” in addressing antibiotic use in food animals and lack the data needed to track progress, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
The
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture, a non-profit group unifying a variety of animal agriculture groups, will hold a national forum focused on antibiotics in October.
“The use of antibiotics