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Superbugs a grave global threat by 2030 due to industrial meat production

A massive global increase in factory-farmed meat production by 2030 will increase antibiotic use by 67 percent, posing a “public health threat,” predicts a newly released study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists (PNAS).

Act now, or face catastrophic post-antibiotic era

The Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, comprising civil society organizations including IATP and stakeholders from multiple sectors on six continents, has called on World Health Organization (WHO) Member States to pass a critical resolution (Combating antimicrobial resistance, includin

Action Alert: Send 30,000 comments to the FDA on taking antibiotics out of our meat

A minimum of 23,000 people die in the United States due to antibiotic resistance, according to the Center for Disease Control. Yet, antibiotic resistance—the rise of so-called “super bugs”—is on the rise because of overuse and abuse of antibiotics in our food system. Eighty percent of antibiotics sold in the U.S.

FDA to withdraw approvals of arsenic in animal feed

October 1st, 2013, Washington, DC —Late yesterday, under threat of a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to a nearly four-year-old petition, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the vast majority of arsenic-containing compoun

Letter to President Obama from 795 health professionals regarding antibiotics

June 4, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama:

FDA ignores toxic arsenic in animal feed

Washington, D.C., May 1, 2013 – Today attorneys at Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit on behalf of CFS, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and seven other U.S.

Work in a poultry plant? The good news is you still have a job, the bad news is it may be killing you

Earlier this spring, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was in the news because of a threat that the agency’s 8000+ inspectors would be furloughed as part of

Petitioning the FDA: Get antibiotics out of ethanol byproduct sold as animal feed

Antibiotics and ethanol seems like a non sequitur, unfortunately that’s far from the truth. A petition filed by IATP and partners shows why and asks the FDA to ban the use of antibiotics in ethanol byproducts as unnecessary and illegal.

When ignorance ain't bliss

I’m sure you care as much as I do about having a working antibiotic around when you really need one, or your child needs one.

35 groups band together to ask for more on antibiotics in animal agriculture

Yesterday, IATP joined 34 other groups in writing to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

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