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EU data shows foodborne infections getting harder to treat

By Joe Whitworth on March 4, 2020

Foodborne bacterial infections are becoming harder to treat, according to a report on antimicrobial resistance from EFSA and ECDC.

Salmonella and Campylobacter are increasingly resistant to ciprofloxacin, one of the main antibiotics for treating infections…
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FSA surveys show level of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on UK chicken

By Joe Whitworth on February 20, 2020

There has been a decline of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli but not Campylobacter in chicken based on surveys by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Two annual surveys tested fresh chicken sold in the United Kingdom, with…
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Danish levels of antimicrobial resistance in animals and meat stable

By News Desk on October 13, 2019

A report giving an overview of antimicrobial use and resistance in Denmark has been published by Statens Serum Institute and the National Food Institute.

The Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Program (DANMAP) monitors…
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Documentary Explores Use of Antibiotics in Food Animals

By Lydia Zuraw on October 15, 2014

On Tuesday night, PBS aired FRONTLINE’s two-part documentary exploring the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance. The first half of “The Trouble with Antibiotics” focused on the science and politics behind the widespread use of antibiotics…
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Antibiotics and Animals Raised for Food: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

By Dr. Richard Raymond on January 7, 2013

From what I have been reading lately, it appears to me that the next big fight over agriculture’s ability to provide consumers with plentiful, safe and affordable meat and poultry products will focus on the…
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Drug-Resistant Microbes Prevalent in Some Soils

By Gretchen Goetz on March 23, 2012

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

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EU Looks at Animal, Human Antibiotic Resistance

By Mary Rothschild on July 19, 2011

Scientists in the European Union have found that a high proportion of Campylobacter in humans is resistant to ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic critically important for the treatment of human diseases.

That is a key finding of

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