NPPC: Kennedy antibiotics ban detrimental to pigs
25 Mar 2009 - Like its House companion, a bill introduced last week in the US Senate would be detrimental to the health and well-being of pigs, would increase pork producers’ production costs and the price consumers pay for pork and could jeopardise public health, according to the National Pork Producers Council. Read more >>
FDA retracts ban on animal antibiotics
10 Dec 2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration will continue to allow the widespread use of a class of powerful antibiotics in food-producing animals, in a last-minute reversal since calling the practice a public-health risk in July.
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Stew Leonard's adds natural pork to line
03 Oct 2008 - East Coast retailer Stew Leonard's has added natural pork to its line of
all-natural meats. The company's 'Naked Pork' contains no antibiotics, hormones
or preservatives and is raised and harvested humanely. The new pork offerings
join chicken, beef and salmon in the Norwalk, Conn.-based retailer's "Naked"
line. Read more >>
NPPC: Producers use antibiotics to protect pigs
01 Oct 2008 - Saying that they are a necessary tool to protect animal and
public health, the National Pork Producers Council at a congressional hearing
has urged lawmakers not to restrict the use of antibiotics in pork
production. Read more >>
Dutch to trial a pig antibiotics database
30 Sep 2008 - Several pig organisations in the Netherlands have
announced that the launch of an antibiotics database trial is expected before
the end of the year. Read more >>
Korea to ban antibiotics in feed
01 Sep 2008 - The Korea Food and Drug Administration will from next
year ban the use of seven types of antibiotics in feed for livestock and fish
raised in fish farms. Read more >>
Nature's Premium pork uses DNA TraceBack
20 Aug 2008 - Nature's Premium Brand, a leader in premium,
all-natural fresh pork, is the first North American pork company to track DNA
for reliable and accurate traceability back to the farm where the animals were
raised. Read more >>
Factory farms, the root of new superbugs
11 Aug 2008 - A new study now claims that the heavy use of
antibiotics in livestock farming is cause of many superbugs, causing illness on
a large scale. Read more >>
Study links illness to non-antibiotic raised pigs
17 Jul 2008 - Although consumers are eager for meat raised without
antibiotics the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has
conducted a study which indicates that drug-free pork might not always be the
best. Read more >>
Cargill introduces new 'Good Nature' pork brand
14 Jul 2008 - Cargill Meat Solutions have launched a new pork brand called Good Nature.
The products will be sourced from hogs raised antibiotic-free on family farms in
the Midwest. Read more >>
FDA Prohibits certain Extra-label Use
04 Jul 2008 - On July 3, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) will publish a final rule that prohibits the extra-label use of
cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals, including cattle,
swine, chickens, and turkeys. Read more >>
AVMA questions antibiotic ban in animals
02 Jul 2008 - Scientific data do not support a ban on the
preventative use of antibiotics in food animals, according to The American
Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Read more >>
Russia bars pork imports from 70 EU companies
26 Jun 2008 -
This has been reported by EU officials on
Tuesday, ahead of an EU-Russia summit. Read more >>
Sharp increase in use of plant extracts
01 May 2008 - The use of plant extracts and essential oils ('extracts') by feed
companies in the EU has risen from 55% before the January 2006 EU ban on
antibiotic growth promoters in animal feeds to 75% since. Read more >>
Ileitis vaccination improves feeding in pigs
26 Nov 2007 - In view of the rising feed costs, the German
Association of Pig Producers (ZDS), has drawn attention to the ileitis
vaccination, which improves consumption in the pig fattening phase. Read more >>
Study shows pig farms a source of MRSA
08 Nov 2007 - Study shows animal agriculture as a source
of Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA). The deadly bacteria once thought only to occur in
hospitals and has caused up to 19,000 deaths
in 2005 in the US - nearly 2,000 more victims than HIV/AIDS killed
that year. Read more >>
Antibiotic resistance tracked at pig farms
29 Aug 2007 - A study by the University of Illinois tracked the movement of the
antibiotic tetracycline resistant genes from wastewater lagoons to groundwater
at two pig farms. Read more >>
Ractopamine may return in Taiwanese pork
16 Aug 2007 - The Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan plans to relax a ban on
ractopamine in livestock to permit low residue levels of the veterinary drug in
pigs and cattle. Read more >>
UK: fear for MRSA infection through pigs
26 Jun 2007 - Research by the British Soil Association into MRSA problems in e.g. the
Netherlands, has triggered concerns about the status of the UK
herd. Read more >>
Alpharma strengthens its position in China
20 Apr 2007 -
Drug developer Alpharma Inc. has bought Shenzhou Tongde Pharmaceutical Co.
Ltd. a China-based company involved in the production of antibiotics for
livestock. Financial terms of the deal for were not
disclosed. Read more >>
