Antibiotics

Keep Antibiotics Working Praises Amendment Establishing An Antimicrobial Data Collection Program

 KAW press release welcoming the inclusion of data collection provisions in H.R. 6432, the Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2008 (ADUFA), which was passed today out of the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Penicillin in Peril

The reckless use in animals of tried-and-true human antibiotics has contributed to the development of serious antibiotic-resistant human disease. The most straightforward way to address resistant diseases such as CA-MRSA is to curb unnecessary use of all antibiotics important to human medicine in U.S. livestock operations, including penicillin and tetracycline.

FDA warns farms on antibiotic use

Inspectors found a common antibiotic has been misused in animals through practices such as injections into chicken eggs and ordered farmers to stop the unapproved treatments because of the risk to humans. The drugs, called cephalosporins, were given in unapproved doses to chickens, beef, pigs and dairy cows, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on its Web site yesterday.

Keep Antibiotics Working Statement on New FDA Ban of Extralabel Use of Cephalosporins

KAW statement on the FDA's ban on extralabel uses of both 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs used in food animals.  

KAW Welcomes New USDA Antibiotic Research Program

 KAW press release announcing support for key provisions embedded in the 2008 Farm Bill that will establish for the first time a research program focused on the development and control of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in an agricultural context.  

New Report Spells Out the Critical Health Risk in Adding Human Antibiotics to Animal Feed in U.S. Farms

The release of a new report by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, spells out the public health risk inherent in factory farming and heightens the urgency surrounding the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA).

Schering-Plough Urged to Withdraw Cattle Antibiotic Application Because of Threat to Human Health

KAW press release urging Schering-Plough to withdraw its application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of cefquinome to treat respiratory disease in cattle. Approval of this antibiotic could put human patients at risk when treated with similar, critically important drugs.