Antibiotics

Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition Applauds Tyson for Producing Fresh Chickens Without Antibiotics

Tyson Foods announced that in response to consumer demand its fresh chickens would be raised without antibiotics as another step in preserving the effectiveness of critical life-saving medicines.

New USDA Study Confirms Potential for Human Health Effects from Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use in Poultry

A new study published in the June 1 issue of Poultry Science showed that all of the Campylobacter bacteria isolated from the carcasses of broiler chickens that had been routinely fed doses of tylosin to promote growth were resistant to the nearly chemically identical human drug erythromycin.

Four Leading Medical Organizations Tell FDA to Reject Animal Drug Used to Treat Life-Threatening Infections in Humans

Four of the nation’s top medical organizations have each sent letters to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging it not to approve the animal drug, cefquinome, an antibiotic that is a fourth-generation cephalosporin, which could elicit resistance to antibiotics vital in human medicine.

Hold the Pickles and the Penicillin: Leading Food-Service Company to Serve Antibiotic-Free Hamburgers Nationwide

The Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition commended today’s announcement by Bon Appétit Management Company (BAMCO) of a new groundbreaking purchasing policy for hamburgers to help combat the antibiotic resistance crisis in human medicine. The new policy requires BAMCO’s suppliers to provide hamburgers without using human antibiotics as feed additives

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Recently, scientists from the United States, Canada, and northern Europe warned about the impact of livestock operations on human health.

Letter from Congresswoman Slaughter to FDA regarding 4th generation cephalosporin use

Letter from Congresswoman Slaughter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over possible approval of fourth-generation cephalosporins for use in animal agriculture, despite the recent conclusion by FDA's Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC) that use of one particular fourth-generation cephalosporin, cefquinome, is not safe for people.

New Economic Analysis Shows the Use of Antibiotics in Chicken Feed

KAW press release on a new study published by Johns Hopkins University documents that the use of growth-promoting antibiotics in chicken feed is a financial loser for poultry producers.

US FDA Advisory Committee Finds Using Human Antibiotic in Cattle Could Create Antibiotic Resistance and Threaten Human Health

A key advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week rejected the claim of the manufacturer Intervet, that its new cattle antibiotic cefquinome could be considered safe for human health. Cefquinome, proposed for use against respiratory disease in cattle, is a 4th generation cephalosporin, a class which includes the important human drug cefepime.

Communicable Disease Experts Endorse Federal Legislation to Curb Antibiotic Use in Livestock, Poultry

The Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition (KAW) today applauded the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), an organization representing 8,000 infectious disease physicians and scientists, for endorsing the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) (S. 742/H.R.