On July 14, 2010, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. Below are PDF files of some of the materials entered into the hearing record by organizations and health and agricultural professionals.
Statements
Joint Statement of the Pew Charitable Trusts and 19 other organizations
Statement of Bill Kurtis, Chairman and Founder of Tallgrass Beef Company
Statement of Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed.org
Statement from Bill and Nicolette Hahn Niman, Niman Ranch, Inc.
Statement of Robert S. Lawrence, M.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Statement of Patricia Whisnant, D.V.M., American Grassfed Beef
Statement of Stephen J. Jay, M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine
Letters
Letter from Crawford Stewardship Project
Letter from the American Holistic Medical Association to Rep. Betty Sutton
Letter from the Ohio AIDS Coalition to Rep. Betty Sutton
Letter from the Ohio Public Health Coalition to Rep. Betty Sutton
Letter from 22 Ohio health care professionals to Rep. Betty Sutton
Letter from the Wisconsin Association of School Nurses to Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Letter from the Wisconsin Farmers Union to Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Other Materials
Resolution from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Download the PDF for the official transcript of the hearing.
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today introduced the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act, a bipartisan bill that would eliminate certain antibiotic-related practices that contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria and endanger human health. The legislation is co-sponsored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA).
More infoThis bibliography lists the latest published scientific and economic literature concerning the contribution of routine antibiotic use in food animals to the growing public health crisis of human antibiotic resistance. Research on how antibiotic use in food animal production contributes to the growing health crisis of antibiotic resistance dates back more than 30 years.
More infoPew Charitable Trusts today applauded Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Susan Collins (R-ME), for introducing the Antimicrobial Data Collection Act, which would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to report more information on the annual sales of antibiotics used among industrial farm animals. The bipartisan bill would also give the agency a deadline to finalize policies proposed last year to eliminate the use of antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in meat production.
More info"As a nation, we need to exercise greater care with our use of antibiotics, in both humans and animals, so that these medications remain effective in treating serious bacterial infections."
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