Antibiotics

Groups Fault U.S. for Not Restricting Antibiotic Use on Farms

Public health, agriculture and environmental groups sent this letter sharply criticized a government plan to reduce antibiotic resistance, saying it fails to call for banning the use of medically important antibiotics used in agriculture.

Comments on draft interagency task force "Action Plan"

KAW comments on the interagency task force report. "A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance", criticizing the Action Plan for its failure to include effective provisions to address antibiotic resistance problems arising from using antibiotics in food animal agriculture.