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Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act
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Food Safety News
Rep. Slaughter Reintroduces Preservation of Antibiotics Legislation
By Lydia Zuraw
On Tuesday, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) reintroduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), which would ban non-therapeutic uses of medically important antibiotics in food animal production. “My…
Food Safety News
Petitions Urge Congressional Action on Antibiotics Legislation
By News Desk
Like many other bills introduced in Congress in recent years, movement on the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) and the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA) has stagnated.…
Food Safety News
Q&A: US Rep. Louise Slaughter Discusses Antibiotic Resistance
By Lydia Zuraw
About 80 percent of all antibiotics distributed in the U.S. are for food animals. They're commonly used to promote growth and to prevent, control and treat disease. Overuse can promote…
Food Safety News
Rep. Slaughter Reintroduces PAMTA, Criticizes FDA Strategy for Tackling Antibiotic Resistance
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the only microbiologist in Congress, introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, or PAMTA, on Thursday for the fourth time since 2007. The bill…
Food Safety News
Senate Bill Addresses Antibiotics in Animal Feed
A bipartisan group of senators re-introduced a bill late last week aimed at preserving the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics by limiting their use in food animal feed. In the…
Food Safety News
Slaughter Reintroduces Bill to Curb Ag Antibiotics
Citing a new estimate--that around 80 percent of all U.S. antibiotics are given to animals--Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) reintroduced a bill this week aimed at limiting the use of certain…
Campylobacter Blog
Antibiotics used in animals that are important to human medicine could face increased scrutiny if legislation working its way through Congress gets passed.
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would allocate $1 million to the Food and Drug Administration`s Center for Veterinary…