Tag: animal/pet meds
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APHA’s Annual Meeting to Include Sessions on Food Taxation, Labeling, Marketing, and Legal Strategies
The American Public Health Association’s 141st annual meeting and exposition is slated for November 2-6, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts. Expected to attract more than 13,000 physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists, and featuring a myriad of presentations, the meeting will include a session on “Regulating for the Public’s Health: Food and Beverages, Drugs, and Emerging…
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Senators Introduce Bill to Increase Information on Antibiotic Use
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced bipartisan legislation to combat antimicrobial drug resistance by requiring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to report more information on the annual sales of antibiotics used among industrial farm animals. The “Antimicrobial Data Collection Act” would also reportedly give the agency a deadline to finalize policies proposed…
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Report Finds Contaminated Turkey Contains Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
According to a new Consumer Reports study that analyzed ground turkey purchased at retail store nationwide, more than one-half of the 257 samples tested were contaminated with fecal bacteria and “almost all” of the diseasecausing organisms “proved resistant to one or more of the antibiotics commonly used to fight them.” The magazine tested both conventional…
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Studies Seek to Pinpoint Animal-Human Transmission of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
A recent study has reportedly used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to retrospectively trace the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from animal to human for the first time. Ewan Harrison, et al., “Whole genome sequencing identifies zoonotic transmission of MRSA isolates with the novel mecA homologue mecC,” EMBO Molecular Medicine, April 2013. According to a March 25, 2013,…
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EFSA and EMA to Assess Phenylbutazone Health Risk
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have agreed to conduct a health risk assessment of phenylbutazone after officials reportedly discovered the anti-inflammatory drug “in a small number of horse carcasses intended for the food chain.” According to a March 7, 2013, news release, the European Commission requested the assessment as…
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Veterinary Drug Residues in Food
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of revised draft guidance related to the evaluation and safety of veterinary drug residues in human food. Both sets of guidance are part of the agency’s efforts under the Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products to harmonize technical requirements for the approval of veterinary medical products…
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Legislation Seeks Data on Antimicrobial Use in Livestock
U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) recently introduced legislation (H.R. 820) that would require drug manufacturers “to provide better information on the amount and use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials given to animals raised for human consumption,” according to a February 26, 2013, press release. The Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals (DATA)…
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Researchers Identify Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Pig Manure
A new study has reportedly confirmed the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) in manure samples harvested from swine farms in China, raising concerns about the widespread use of therapeutic antimicrobials in livestock and livestock feed. Yong-Guan Zhu, et al., “Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistant genes in Chinese swine farms,” PNAS, February 2013. Researchers apparently used…