Seven years after Canadian ex-perts called for tighter rules governing unrestricted imports of
unapproved and untested antibiotics used in meat production due to worries that their use …

NRDC fact sheet november 2014 fs: 14-04-f antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major public
health threat, increasingly leading to infections that can be difficult to treat, require longer …

Recommendation 21: Provincial licensing bodies and veterinary medical associations
should endorse and promote the CVMA's prudent-use principles. Recommendation 38 …

The federal government must crackdown on the use of antibiotics such as cephalosporins
and fluoroquinolones within the nation's meat industry because of the threat that antibiotic …

The development of bacteria resistant to antibiotics is viewed as a medical health threat.
Because thousands of people die every year due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, efforts are …

Exports of US livestock and poultry products are important both to farmers and to the US
economy. In 2009, US livestock and poultry exports were valued at more than $10 billion …

Public health experts have warned for decades that antibiotic resistance is worsening.
Already, at least 2.8 million US residents a year suffer infections due to drug-resistant …

First, the authors suggest that the USDA create a “Non-Feed-Antibiotics” certification
program for food products which conflates the use of antimicrobials for growth promotion …

New restrictions on the use of antibiotics on farm animals in both the United States and
Canada may help mitigate risks to human health due to antibiotic resistance. However …