Antibiotics

KAW testimony to the California Senate Committee on Food And Agriculture

KAW testimony to the California Senate Committee on Food And Agriculture concerning legislation on antibiotics.  

Rep. Slaughter Reintroduces Bill to Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance Crisis by Combating Misuse of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture

 KAW press release on the reintroduction of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) in the House by Representative Louise Slaughter to help fight the antibiotic resistance crisis by combating the misuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture.    

First Study To Find MRSA ST 398 in Swine and Swine-farm Workers in the U.S.

A pilot study published last week by researchers at the University of Iowa has found high prevalence of MRSA in swine (49%) and swine workers (45%) on a commercial confinement operation with farms scattered in Iowa and Illinois.

KAW Applauds California Senate's Action to Ensure Safer and Healthier Food

KAW press release applauding the California legislature for giving the full-range of stakeholders in the food system, including consumers, public health experts, environmentalists, animal welfare advocates, and family farmers, a voice in the making of food and agriculture policy in California. 

Another Holiday Gift for Industry From the Bush Administration

The FDA reversed its decision to ban the extralabel use of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs in veterinary medicine. This move came after the Agency received over 300 comments from the animal agriculture industry and production veterinarians. In July, FDA announced the ban based on its determination that extralabel use presents a risk to public health.

KAW comments to USDA FSIS regarding labels and animal raising claims

KAW's comments to USDA-FSIS regarding animal raising claims, including the Raised without Antibiotics (RWA), for the labeling of meat and poultry products..

KAW comments to EPA re: gentamicin use in apples

KAW comments to EPA regarding the use of the antibiotic gentamicin in apples. In contrast to the toxicological safety assessment, the resistance risk assessment is based on unsupported assumptions and contained significant methodological errors. Allowing the nontherapeutic use of gentamicin on 26,600 acres of apples without an adequate assessment of the risk to public health is unacceptable.

House Ag Subcommittee Hears Testimony From Industry

The Livestock Subcommittee of House Agricultural Committee held a hearing on the animal use of antibiotics that failed to address the mounting body of scientific evidence concluding that the overuse of antibiotics is contributing to the number one public health problem facing the U.S., the crisis of antibiotic resistance.

House Passes Animal Drug Bill after Drug Industry Blocks Efforts to Preserve Effectiveness of Antibiotics

KAW press release on the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) with weak public health provisions requiring the collection of sales data on antibiotics. The animal drug industry and a number of livestock groups were successful in blocking stronger public health provisions.

KAW letter to Senate on needed changes to the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA)

KAW's  letter to the Senate on needed changes to the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA), specifically urging that when its passed when it is passed, include provisions from Title 1 and Title 2 of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA, S. 549) to address the ongoing resistance issues associated with approved antibiotics.