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KFC to curb antibiotic use in U.S. chickens it buys

By Lisa Baertlein April 7, 2017

Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands’ U.S. KFC chain plans to curb the use of antibiotics in its chicken supply, making it the last of the big three chicken restaurants to join the fight against the rise of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. KFC, the second-biggest U.S. chicken chain by sales after privately […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

By Lisa Baertlein August 9, 2016

Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands investors on Tuesday filed a shareholder proposal requesting that it quickly phase out harmful antibiotic use in its meat supply, taking aim at the practices of the company’s KFC fried chicken chain. The proposal from shareholder activists As You Sow, of Oakland, Calif., and the Sisters of St. […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

By Bill Berkrot, Ransdell Pierson May 27, 2016

Reuters — U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant to a last-resort antibiotic, and expressed grave concern that the superbug could pose serious danger for routine infections if it spreads. “We risk being in a post-antibiotic world,” said Thomas Frieden, director of the […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

EU to review use of last-resort antibiotic on farms

By Reuters January 14, 2016

London | Reuters — European drug regulators launched a review on Jan. 11 of the use in farming of a key last-line antibiotic called colistin, after international research found alarming evidence of a gene that makes bacteria resistant to the drug. The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was responding to a European Commission […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Reuters

U.K. review calls for urgent cuts to antibiotic use in livestock

By Kate Kelland December 8, 2015

London | Reuters –– Massive use of antibiotics in farming poses a critical threat to global public health and should be reduced dramatically to an internationally-agreed target, according to a British government-commissioned review. Agreeing and implementing a global target for agricultural antibiotic use won’t be easy, the review, led by former Goldman Sachs chief economist […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

New ‘superbug’ gene found in animals, people in China

By Kate Kelland November 18, 2015

London | Reuters — A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China — including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said Wednesday. The discovery was described as “alarming” by scientists, who called for urgent restrictions on the use […] 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

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KFC to curb antibiotic use in U.S. chickens it buys

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

EU to review use of last-resort antibiotic on farms

U.K. review calls for urgent cuts to antibiotic use in livestock

New ‘superbug’ gene found in animals, people in China

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

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