Antibiotics

Antibiotics and Fish Farming

This fact sheet provides an overview of antibiotics used in industrial fish and shrimp farming.

Groups ask FDA to keep some antibiotics out of animal feed

A coalition of public health and environmental groups on Thursday called on the Food and Drug Administration to ban seven classes of antibiotics from animal feed, saying their widespread use was contributing to antibiotic resistance among humans.

New Study Strengthens Link between Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals and Dangerous Complications of Food Poisoning

Study Finds Strong Association between Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella and Potentially Deadly Bloodstream Infections

California Study Strengthens Link Between Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals and Antibiotic-Resistant Urinary Tract Infections in Humans

KAW press release about a new report from scientists at the University of California at Berkeley concludes that an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections (UTIs) was probably caused by foodborne bacteria, and that resistance in such bacteria likely arises from use of antibiotics in agricultural animals.

Does Misuse of Antibiotics in Food Animals Threaten Human Health?

Point/Counterpoint article in APUA newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2., published by the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, asking the question "Does Misuse of Antibiotics in Food Animals Threaten Human Health?"  

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Health Risks to Farmers and Workers

Just 5% of U.S. farms account for 54% of its beef and dairy cattle, swine, and poultry, concentrating manure as well as animals. These industrial-scale operations, called CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) or factory farms, produce 575 billion pounds of manure yearly. Manure concentration contributes to air and water

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Health Risks to Farmers and Workers

Just 5% of U.S. farms account for 54% of its beef and dairy cattle, swine, and poultry, concentrating manure as well as animals. These industrial scale operations, called CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) or factory farms, produce 575 billion pounds of manure yearly. Manure concentration contributes to air and water

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.

Antibiotic Use in Animals Must be Curbed

In his recent letter, "Current data show food safe from animal antibiotics," John Fisher of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation left out some key points.

Editorial Board Letter About Mad Cow Disease

A letter to editorial staff by KAW about mad cow disease.