Articles Tagged with ''antibiotic''

The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of the largest school districts in the US—including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami-Dade, Dallas and Orlando—announced an antibiotic-free standard for companies to follow when supplying chicken products to its schools.

Perdue Foods reached a milestone in reducing antibiotic use Wednesday, announcing the company has removed all antibiotics from the company’s chicken hatcheries.

The Atlanta-based restaurant chain says it is asking suppliers to work with USDA to ensure that antibiotics are not administered to the chickens at any point.

The plan will engage veterinary oversight in determing appropriate therapeutic uses for the drugs.

Among the data, CDC found that 22 percent of resistant illnesses are linked to foodborne hazards

Over-prescribing of antibiotics and administration of animal antibiotics are the main culprits.

International interdependence of food production presents an obstacle to combating resistance.

Integrated programs will help solve the problem of antimicrobial resistance.