Tag: antibiotic
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NOP Addresses Tetracycline, Formic Acid and Attapulgite Use in Organics
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program (NOP) has issued a final rule revising the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances with regard to the use of tetracycline, formic acid and attapulgite during the production and processing of organic crops and food ingredients. According to NOP, the most recent iteration of the National List…
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Antibiotic Drug Residues in Meat Lead to Consent Decree with DOJ
A federal court in Wisconsin has reportedly approved a consent decree between the U.S. government a Wisconsin livestock operation that allegedly violated federal drug laws by failing to maintain adequate animal treatment records, using new animal drugs illegally and failing to adequately distinguish between medicated and non-medicated animals for sale for use as human food.…
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Slaughter Issues Results from Food Industry Survey on Antibiotic Use
U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) has released the responses to a February 16, 2012, letter sent to 60 food producers and retailers “asking them to disclose their policies on antibiotic use in meat and poultry production.” After analyzing the results, Slaughter has purportedly revealed that “while a small number of industry leaders provide antibiotic-free meat…
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EU Council Asks Member States to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
The Council of the European Union has issued a “One Health” perspective document recognizing that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) “is accelerated by excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents” and asking member states to “develop and implement national strategies or action plans for countering AMR.” According to the perspective document, which underlined the need for “an…
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Court Orders FDA to Complete Safety Review of Antibiotics Used in Animal Husbandry
A federal court in New York has determined that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arbitrarily denied petitions filed by advocacy organizations in 1999 and 2005 requesting the initiation of proceedings to withdraw approval from certain uses of antibiotic drugs in livestock. Nat. Res. Defense Council v. FDA, No. 11-3562, (S.D.N.Y., decided June 1, 2012). The…
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Researchers Identify Drug Residues in Baby Food
University of Almeria researchers have reportedly used a new “multi-residue” technique to identify veterinary drug residues in baby food, raising concerns about the need to better regulate the substances permitted in animal-based products. M.M. Aguilera-Luiz, et al., “Multiclass method for fast determination of veterinary drug residues in baby food by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass…
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“Supermoms” Lobby Washington Against Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Production
A group calling itself “Supermoms Against Superbugs” reportedly gathered in Washington, D.C. recently to lobby for greater limits on antibiotics used in U.S. food production. Organized by the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming and the American Academy of Pediatrics, the coalition included chefs, farmers, pediatricians, and consumers who participated in meetings with…
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Congressional Reps Ask FDA for Info on Antibiotics in Distillers Grain Used as Livestock Feed
Referring to a report on the presence of antibiotic residues in distillers grain, an ethanol-production byproduct used as animal feed, U.S. Representatives Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) have requested that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg provide information about the agency’s surveys of these residues and explain why FDA has not…