Opinions
Opinions
| Date | Opinions | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2009 |
''Antibiotic Misuse in Animals Hurts Human Health'' "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to build public awareness regarding the dangers of people overusing antibiotics." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 6, 2012 |
''Antibiotics and agriculture'' "Federal drug regulators Wednesday announced new rules requiring farmers and ranchers to restrict their use of a critical class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 15, 2009 |
"The American meat industry is addicted to antibiotics. This dates to the late 1940s, when farmers discovered that antibiotics could do more than just cure disease. Antibiotics regularly mixed into feed could help animals avoid common illnesses -- and thus grow faster as well as better withstand the crowded and sometimes unsanitary conditions on factory farms." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 6, 2010 |
''Antibiotics and meat don't mix'' "For the American public's health, it's time for the meat industry to stop administering the drugs preventively but only to animals already ill." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 28, 2013 |
''Antibiotics and the Meat We Eat'' "Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration systematically monitor the meat and poultry sold in supermarkets around the country for the presence of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. These food products are bellwethers that tell us how bad the crisis of antibiotic resistance is getting. And they’re telling us it’s getting worse." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 11, 2013 |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production: Pew’s Response to Raymond Op-Ed In his attempt to clarify the issue of antibiotic use in meat and poultry production, Dr. Richard Raymond confuses matters. Most importantly, Dr. Raymond mischaracterizes the value of tetracyclines and the dangers of their overuse. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 15, 2012 |
"Two important events in recent weeks a regulatory guideline and a federal court decision have raised hopes that progress can be made in curbing the widespread use of antibiotics ... " |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 28, 2013 |
''Antibiotics, Animals and Us'' Describing the routine use of antibiotics in meat and poultry production as a "serious threat to public health," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010 called on livestock operations to voluntarily reduce their reliance on the medications. But an FDA report this month indicates that, so far, the results are unimpressive: Antibiotic sales to livestock operations rose in 2011, rather than falling. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 12, 2010 |
''Antibiotics, meat a risky mix'' "Federal regulators have tip-toed around the issue of antibiotics in the nation's meat supply for years." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 28, 2010 |
''Ban Antibiotics for Healthy Food Animals'' "Last year, an estimated 65,000 people in the U.S. were killed by drug-resistant infections—almost the number of people who succumbed to breast cancer and prostate cancer combined." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
