Antibiotics

New science: On-farm decisions have big impact on antibiotic resistance

        

Fueling Resistance: Rx for Trouble

Antibiotics in ethanol? Just say no.

Buying Better Chicken: A Resource to buying chicken Raised without Antibiotics and Arsenic for Schools, Hospitals and Other Purchasers

This chart is based on information provided directly by producers and suppliers via websites and phone interviews, via producer listings on certifier and eco-label websites, and by extrapolation from our knowledge of standards used by certifiers and eco-labels.

Buying better chicken for schools, hospitals and other organizations

Making healthy choices can be difficult, even when you know what you're looking for. The myriad of standards and certifications can be hard to navigate, especially in poultry: Does antibiotic-free mean no antibiotics in the feed or no antibiotics used in raising the animal? Do poultry producers have to list whether or not arsenic is used?

Food safety going global

Minneapolis, February 22, 2011 — Many argue that globalized trade creates a “race to the bottom,” where the country with the weakest regulations or lowest wages ultimately sets the standards in the global marketplace. Something different may now be happening around food safety: Global forces are putting pressure on U.S.

Feeding Animals Antibiotics: Not Helping U.S. Meat Export

At a 2010 Congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter, I warned the continued and routine overuse of antibiotics in U.S. meat production could be shooting the global competitiveness of that industry in the foot.

KAW letter to FDA re: ADUFA data collection

KAW letter to FDA requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) make public the data under the ADUFA data provision the amount of each antimicrobial sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals in 2009.

Group Letter to FDA on Food Additive Petition (Animal Use) for Virginiamycin

Comments submitted to the FDA on the Ferm Solutions, Inc. Food Additive Petition (Animal Use) for Virginiamycin, Docket No. FDA–2010–F–0510.

Letter to FDA re: petition to allow virginiamycin in distillers grains

Joint letter by Keep Antibiotics Working coalition members to FDA regarding virginiamycin/distillers grains petition. KAW comments on the Ferm Solutions, Inc. Food Additive Petition (Animal Use) for Virginiamycin, Docket No. FDA–2010–F–0510.

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