Food Safety News wrote a lot about antibiotic resistance this year — particularly the debate surrounding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals, introduced
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Supermoms against Superbugs
Advocates Visit Washington, D.C., to Lobby Against Antibiotic Overuse on Farms
By Lydia Zuraw on
During Wednesday’s third-annual Supermoms Against Superbugs advocacy day in Washington, D.C., the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming brought together dozens of parents, doctors and farmers for a briefing on antibiotic use in…
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‘Supermoms against Superbugs’ Take Their Message to Washington
By Helena Bottemiller on
Thirty enthusiastic moms from across the United States gathered in Washington Tuesday to lobby for greater limits on antibiotics used in food animal production.
Organized by the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming…
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