Most consumers would be surprised that USDA/FSIS’s website explains chicken inspections:
All chickens found in retail stores are either inspected by USDA or by State systems, which have
Almost a quarter of the meat and poultry sold in U.S. grocery stores may be contaminated with drug-resistant forms of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, also known as Staph, according to
The editors of Scientific American recently encouraged U.S. hog farmers to “follow Denmark and stop giving farm animals low-dose antibiotics.” Sixteen years ago, in order to reduce the threat
Used for horses and cattle in the U.S., for dogs in some countries and even for elephants in others, flunixin meglumine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent.
Flunixin meglumine comes
The prevalence of fecal Salmonella and anti-microbial Salmonella is lower in certified-organic broiler chickens than in chickens that are conventionally raised, according to a study recently published in the journal
Drug-resistant pathogens are a growing menace. The speed at which they’re emerging, and the size of the problem, constitute an urgent public health threat, says a federal interagency task
An online tool called ResistanceMap, on The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy website, can be used to track the rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Administering antibiotics to animals via feed leads to inconsistencies in how much of the drugs they intake, thus contributing to the growth of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, according to a
Citing a new estimate–that around 80 percent of all U.S. antibiotics are given to animals–Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) reintroduced a bill this week aimed at limiting the
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidelines for the judicious use of antimicrobials in food animals last June, the agency welcomed a flood of input
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed numbers this week that indicate animal agriculture consumes 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States, more than previously estimated.
A recent investigation by Canada’s CBC TV news found two-thirds of samples collected at major grocery stores in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal had bacteria resistant to at least one