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NRDC Petitions FDA: Agency’s Weak Attempt to Curb Antibiotic Abuse in the Livestock Industry is Failing

September 13, 2016 Press ReleaseNew York

NRDC Calls on FDA to Stop Antibiotic Overuse in Meat Production

Major US Cities Not "Chickening" Out on Good School Food

December 10, 2014 Expert BlogMark Izeman

President’s Executive Order, Science Advisors’ Report Sound Alarm on Antibiotic Resistance but Lack Needed Reforms for Curbing Livestock Drug Use

September 18, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2014) – In response to a long awaited report and new executive actions to combat antibiotic resistance announced today by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Mae Wu, health attorney at the Natural…

Three things we need to stop the downward spiral with antibiotics

September 17, 2014 Expert BlogMae Wu

Appeals Court Allows Industry Misuse of Antibiotics in Animals to Continue

July 24, 2014 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (July 24th, 2014) – In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have to consider banning the practice of regularly feeding antibiotics to…

Newly Disclosed Documents Show FDA Allows Livestock Antibiotics Use Despite “High Risk” to Humans

January 27, 2014 Press Release

FDA’s own Review of Livestock Antibiotics Support Federal Court Decision Ordering Agency to Initiate Process to Pull Drugs from Market

Protecting the Efficacy of Antibiotics: This is What Real Leadership (and Change) Looks Like

March 14, 2013 Expert BlogUnited StatesAvinash Kar

Chef Tom Colicchio calls antibiotics in the U.S. meat system one of our biggest food safety challenges

November 27, 2012 Expert BlogSasha Stashwick

Court to FDA: Follow the Law on Curbing Overuse of Antibiotics in Livestock

June 4, 2012 Expert BlogAvinash Kar