In response to a permanent injunction filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a Wisconsin livestock company and its owner have entered into a consent decree
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Campaign to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animal Ag Comes Under Fire
In a letter to Congress this week, a coalition of agricultural groups sharply criticized a campaign launched this month to reduce the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals. The letter, signed by 17 groups representing
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Codex Adopts Ractopamine Limits for Beef and Pork
After years of scientific and political stalemate, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a UN food standards-setting body, narrowly voted to advance a residue limit for ractopamine hydrochloride, a controversial veterinary drug used in food animal production.
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USDA to Ramp Up Drug Residue Testing for Meat and Poultry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is beefing up testing for veterinary drug residues in the meat supply – and the new policy will take effect this grilling season. 
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
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ABC Finds Illegal Antibiotics in Imported Shrimp
Traces of illegal antibiotics are lurking in America’s favorite seafood, according to a new report by ABC World News. The news outlet tested 30 imported shrimp samples from grocery stores across the country and
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Reps. Markey, Slaughter Press FDA on Antibiotic Use in Ethanol Production
With growing concern over antibiotic resistance, public health advocates have long pushed for more responsible use of these drugs — both in human medicine and animal agriculture — but there is one piece of the
USDA Tightens Rules for Drug Residues in Food Animals
Federal meat safety officials are stepping up efforts to prevent meat with illegal levels of drugs or other chemicals from entering the food supply.
The new plan – unveiled Monday by the U.S. Department of
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Researchers Find Banned Antibiotics in Feather Meal
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 Center for a Livable Future
Recalls and Warning Letters Still High in 2011
As many will remember 2009 and 2010 showed a fairly dramatic increase in recalls compared with the two years prior to that. Of note 2009/10 was marked by a few very large recalls due to
Drug-Resistant Microbes Prevalent in Some Soils
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 these antibiotic-proof pathogens in the