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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

By Lisa Baertlein September 18, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

By Lisa Baertlein September 16, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice. Subway, Starbucks, KFC and Domino’s Pizza were among the industry leaders […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock

The potential of probiotics to promote greater livestock health

Unlike antibiotics – which kill bacteria – probiotics are live cultures of beneficial bacteria

By Michael Flood July 22, 2015

Last year Health Canada changed its regulations on antibiotics to prevent them being used as growth promoters in livestock. Drug makers like Bayer, Merck, and Novartis had already begun the change, removing labels on their products that advertised them as suitable for non-medicinal purposes. Antibiotics are still available to Canadian ranchers and feedlot operators but […] Read more

There is no evidence that ionophore use in livestock increases resistance to other antibiotics that are important in cattle or human medicine.

Beef Cattle, Research

Are ionophore antibiotics a risk for antimicrobial resistance?

By Reynold Bergen July 14, 2015

Last month’s column talked about Health Canada’s initiative to phase out growth promotion claims for medically important antibiotics by December 2016. This will impact three antibiotics (tetracycline, sulfamethazine and neomycin) that have growth promotion claims in beef cattle in Canada. It will not affect ionophore antibiotics like Rumensin, Bovatec, or Posistac. Ionophores are used widely […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Wal-Mart urges meat suppliers to curb antibiotic use

By Nathan Layne, P.J. Huffstutter, GFM Network News May 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Wal-Mart Stores is pressing meat, seafood, dairy and egg suppliers to reduce the use of antibiotics, becoming the first large retailer to take a stand against the excessive use of drugs in raising farm animals. The guidelines announced on Friday would limit suppliers to using antibiotics to treat and prevent disease, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Comment

Comment: Get ready for antimicrobial resistance

The feds have a plan, but there's no quick fixes to AMR

By Gren Winslow May 20, 2015

AMR or antimicrobial resistance; the term certainly isn’t new, but it’s likely you will be hearing more about it now that Ottawa has released its Federal Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use. Canada is also working toward endorsing a Global Action Plan by the World Health Assembly. In essence the federal government has started […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Hog farmers more likely to carry resistant bacteria, U.S. study shows

By Tom Polansek May 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Hog farmers are six times more likely than the general population to carry an infectious bacteria that can cause skin and respiratory problems and resists treatment from multiple drugs, according to a new U.S. research study. The study, published this week in the online journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, is the largest-ever […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

By P.J. Huffstutter April 28, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017, one of the most aggressive timetables yet set by an American poultry company. The Arkansas-based chicken and meat company also said Tuesday it is working on ways to curtail such […] Read more

Livestock

Rules planned to rein in antibiotic use for livestock

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 17, 2015

Health Canada is making its first move on new regulations to limit livestock producers’ own-use imports of veterinary drugs, and to tighten veterinary oversight of medicated livestock feed and water. Proposed changes to the federal Food and Drug Regulations and Feeds Regulations, announced Friday, tie into Health Minister Rona Ambrose’s federal action plan on antimicrobial […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says

By P.J. Huffstutter April 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Sales of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. for use in livestock jumped by 20 per cent between 2009 and 2013, federal regulators said on Friday, although recent statements by producers suggest those figures could be dropping. Between 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said its annual report, […] Read more

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McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

The potential of probiotics to promote greater livestock health

Are ionophore antibiotics a risk for antimicrobial resistance?

Wal-Mart urges meat suppliers to curb antibiotic use

Comment: Get ready for antimicrobial resistance

Hog farmers more likely to carry resistant bacteria, U.S. study shows

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

Rules planned to rein in antibiotic use for livestock

U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says

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