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Aug 24, 2012

SuperChefs Against Superbugs

SuperChefs Against Superbugs, an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, is a movement of chefs nationwide who have expressed their support of ending the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in food animal production. As a result, the SuperChefs are urging the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen its antibiotic policies.

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Aug 17, 2012

''Senators Urge FDA to Collect More Data on Antibiotics in Agriculture''

Thirteen senators from both sides of the aisle wrote to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg this week asking the agency to collect more data on antibiotics used in food animal production.

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Aug 17, 2012

219,000+ Americans Unite to Urge FDA to End Antibiotic Overuse

More than 219,000 people across the country have urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end antibiotic overuse on industrial farms just to make animals grow faster and compensate for overcrowded and unsanitary conditions.

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Aug 1, 2012

''USDA Looking at Antibiotics Claims on Meat Labels''

"Amid growing consumer awareness about antibiotics used to raise food animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is taking a look at some of the claims made on meat packages, including "antibiotic free."

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Jul 26, 2012

''NFL Player Tackles Antibiotics Use in Farming''

An NFL salary can afford an athlete plenty of ways to while away the offseason. Will Witherspoon fell into cattle herding. And that lead him to his latest quest — building support for a bill that would ban the use of antibiotics on healthy animals in farming.

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Jul 23, 2012

Chefs Highlight Need to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production

Celebrity chefs and restaurateurs Suzanne Goin and Mary Sue Milliken, who serve only antibiotic-free meat in their establishments, came to Washington, D.C., on May 15 to tell the Administration and their representatives in Congress to rein in the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production.

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Jul 9, 2012

''Antibiotic-free meat and poultry score high in Consumer Reports survey'''

Many grocery stores offer at least some meat or poultry that is raised without antibiotics, sometimes at prices below what you would expect. Those meats are popular but shoppers need to be careful with labels that tout "no antibiotics administered" and similar claims.

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Jun 28, 2012

''Trader Joe's prodded to drop meat with antibiotics''

"Consumer Reports, a nonprofit product-testing organization, is urging the largest grocery stores in the nation, starting with Trader Joe's, to stop selling meat and poultry raised on antibiotics."

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Jun 28, 2012

''Sustainable farming: Get pigs off antibiotics''

Some argue that, without antibiotics, the agricultural industry will collapse. Danish scientist Frank Aarestrup begs to differ. Denmark is the world's largest exporter of pork, exporting 90% of all it produces, and it did much more than ban the use of antibiotics for growth. It reduced their usage overall and built a comprehensive surveillance system to track and target overuse.

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Apr 11, 2012

''FDA lays out steps to reduce overuse of antibiotics in animals grown for food''

"The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria."

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