Press Release

KAW Groups Testify Against Pfizer Bid for Off-Label Use of Animal Drug

Citing Pfizer's own risk assessment that its animal drug, tulathromycin, has a "high risk" of causing antibiotic resistance to similar drugs used in human medicine, members of the Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition testified in opposition to Pfizer's application for off label use of the drug at a public hearing before the Food and Drug Administration yesterday.

Agricultural Framework Agreement Letter

Letter to WTO delegates and negotiators raising objections to proposals being put forward by the US and the EU to move certain farm subsidies payments into the Blue Box.

Agricultural Framework Agreement Letter

Letter to WTO delegates and negotiators raising objections to proposals being put forward by the US and the EU to move certain farm subsidies payments into the Blue Box.

UN Conference on Trade and Development Takes Positive Step Forward

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting came to a close today with developing countries continuing to stand together and demand fair trade policies from developed nations. A new initiative to address low agricultural commodity prices was a significant step forward.

UN Conference Has Opportunity to Address Global Commodity Crisis

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting next week in Sao Paulo, Brazil offers an historic opportunity to change the direction of the global trade system to ensure fair prices for farmers and spur rural economic development.

Analysis of the Central American Free Trade Agreement Concerning Agriculture

The provisions in the Central American Free trade Agreement (CAFTA) that pertain to agricultural trade and agribusiness investment are spread through several chapters of the CAFTA text.

Why We Say No to CAFTA

This report on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was released by Bloque Popular Centroamericano, the Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Hemispheric Social Alliance. Through the collective effort of U.S. and Central American groups, this analysis sounds the warning that CAFTA would throw into chaos everything from agriculture to pharmaceutical drug prices.

FDA Rarely Tests For Toxic Pollutants Found in Salmon Study

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fish safety testing does not include, except for limited samples through their Total Diet Study, PCBs and dioxins - pollutants which were found to be widespread in farmed salmon in a study published last week.

KAW Applauds Bon Appetit Policy Requiring Suppliers to Carry Meat Raised With Reduced Antibiotics

Press release from Keep Antibiotics Working applauding Bon Appétit’s new purchasing policy requiring meat suppliers to reduce routine antibiotic use.

NAS Criticizes the Corps' Study of Mississippi River Navigation

The Army Corps of Engineers continues to use questionable economic methodology to evaluate whether a massive multibillion dollar lock expansion project is necessary on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterways (UMR-IW), according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel released today.