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Letter to the Editor: CA needs to close antibiotic loopholes

By Food Safety News Readers on October 19, 2017

Editor’s note: A group of faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health sent the below letter to several California officials this past week.

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Antibiotic Resistance: Very Critical to Your and My Health

By Consumer Reports on January 22, 2013

The scientists here at Consumer Reports read Dr. Richard Raymond’s op-ed “Antibiotics and Animals Raised for Food: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics” with great interest. We were particularly struck by his assertion that…
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FDA Limits an Antibiotic in Animals to Curb Drug Resistance

By Gretchen Goetz on January 5, 2012

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 antibiotic-resistant strains of…

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Letter From The Editor: Streetlights

By Dan Flynn on December 25, 2011

After going back and forth about what to write for Christmas Day, I’ve decided to treat this as any other day. Just pretend we are at the corner gas station or firehouse, doing what we…

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FDA Backs Off Withdrawing Certain Antibiotics from Livestock Use

By News Desk on December 24, 2011

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 was not announced, but was published in…

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Chipotle CEO Urges Congress to Limit Ag Antibiotics

By Helena Bottemiller on December 15, 2011

Steve Ells, CEO of fast-growing restaurant chain Chipotle, made a trip to Capitol Hill this week to show support for a bill to limit the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in meat production. Ells and others…

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Antibiotic Use Increased in 2010 Food Animal Production

By Helena Bottemiller on November 1, 2011

Sales of antibiotics intended for domestic food animals increased from 2009 to 2010, according to new data released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Pew Health Group analyzed the numbers in the report…

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