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.
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: CA needs to close antibiotic loopholes
On Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 27, which will make the Golden State the first in the nation to require a veterinarian’s prescription for therapeutic antibiotic uses in
Continue Reading California Governor Signs Bill Regulating Animal Antibiotics
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed state Senate Bill 835 on animal antibiotics when it reached his desk Monday. Brown said that the bill to ban the use of antibiotics for growth promotion and require a
Continue Reading CA Governor Vetoes State Senate’s Animal Antibiotics Bill
On Monday, the California Assembly passed Senate Bill 835 to ban the use of antibiotics for growth promotion and require a veterinarian prescription for a livestock antibiotic. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other
Continue Reading California Antibiotics Bill Closer to Becoming Law
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required to hold hearings concerning the safety of feeding antibiotics
Continue Reading Ruling on FDA’s Oversight of Animal Antibiotic Use Called a ‘Big Blow to Public Health’
