Ground beef contaminated with antibiotic-resistant Salmonella recalled
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that King Soopers, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, was recalling 466,236 pounds of...
Antibiotic use in food animals addressed by House committee
The New York Times reports on yesterday’s House Committee on Rules hearing on "H.R. 1549 - Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of...
Some bacteria that cause food poisoning resistant to antibiotic treatment
Mike the Mad Biologist wrote a post titled, "Shigella, Children, and Antibiotic Resistance, in which he cites a study by the Centers for Disease Control...
Time bombs lace most U.S. meat
Diane Carman of the Denver Post reports that on a blistering hot day, rancher Sue Jarrett took two carloads of city slickers on the tour...
FDA Bans Use Of Antibiotic In Poultry
Anna Wilde Mathews and Zachary Goldfarb of the Wall Street Journal report that fearing that the animal drug Baytril -- used to fight infections in...
Antibiotic Resistance
An excerpt from Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections by Madeline Drexler, published by the Joseph Henry Press (2002). Reprinted by permission. To read...
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