Posts Tagged ‘ antibiotic resistance ’

Public Interest Groups Challenge FDA on Use of Controversial Animal Growth Drug

By Center for Food Safety Petition calls for a review of ractopamine use in nation’s meat industry; cites animal welfare, food safety concerns and widespread international ban WASHINGTON, DC––December 20, 2012––Today, Center for Food Safety and the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for...

Tell Trader Joe’s to sell only antibiotic-free meat

By Consumers Union We’ve all been told to use antibiotics carefully to guard against the spread of deadly “superbugs.” But all our efforts could be pointless if we don’t stop the overuse of antibiotics in food production. More than 36,000 consumers have already signed our petition to Trader Joe’s to sell only meat raised...

Bayer Advanced Insect Killer plays on fear of germs

By Bev Hill Food Truth Freedom I was in Lowe’s yesterday and happened to notice a display of Bayer insect spray that made me (involuntarily!) shout, “WHAT?” It wasn’t the Bayer name that got me; it was the fact that I saw GERM KILLER on the same label with the words “insect”. I can...

New reports reveal increased resistance to antibiotics in the food chain

By Helen Glaberson Food Production Daily Resistance to antibiotics is increasing, according to research conducted by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), prompting concerns about the amount of drugs used for rearing livestock.

Meat tainted with deadly bacteria is being sold to consumers

By Gergana Koleva Wallet Pop Meat contaminated by a potentially lethal infection is being sold to consumers — creating a public health threat that has largely flown under the the radar due to powerful industry interests and lax accountability at the federal agency in charge of ensuring food safety, according to recent studies and...

By Rady Ananda The Union of Concerned Scientists advises that a recent study reveals “the number of genes for antibiotic resistance in soil microbes has significantly increased over the past 70 years” – fifteen-fold in the case of tetracyclins. Linked below is a petition to support the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act,...

Antibiotics bill gathers momentum in Congress

By Margaret Mellon In a recent speech on the House of Representatives floor, Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) encouraged House members to support the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA). The bill would end the use of antibiotics in the feed and water of livestock and poultry that are not sick, a practice...