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Last week has brought a lot of attention to antibiotic use in animal agriculture. With the announcement that Foster Farms is planning to phase out medically...
It's been an interesting week with two important studies moving the needle on our understanding of the impact of antibiotic use in agriculture on a global...
Dust from the cattle feedyard carries antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, and bacteria according to a recent study out of Texas Tech. More specifically,...
Last week, an article in Nature highlighted some progress in antibiotic discovery—a new antibiotic, named teixobactin , has been unearthed which could help in...
Just to offer a little more insight on FDA’s inaction, discussed broadly in a previous blog , I’ve detailed the history of just one of the antibiotic additives...
Here’s some unfortunate, but not so surprising news: The Food and Drug Administration has allowed 30 potentially harmful antibiotic additives to remain...
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