The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA's FSIS) is about to revolutionize beef safety testing with a new multi-residue quantitation method for detecting chemical r [...]
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just published a report about embracing a One Health approach to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR, the phenomenon of [...]
A new study from Michigan State University (MSU) has revealed disturbing trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in foodborne pathogens, specifically Campylobacter jejuni, a common bacteria often traced to chi [...]
The European Parliament has proposed a resolution aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance. The resolution calls on the EU Commission to assess animal diseases caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibi [...]
A recent report on antibiotic resistance surveillance, jointly published by the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and WHO Europe, paints a concerning picture of high antibiotic resistanc [...]
A group of researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela-Lugo, Lugo, Spain, together with colleagues from other research centers, discovered multidrug-resistant E. coli in 40% of meat samples analyz [...]
Residues of veterinary drugs and other substances (such as environmental contaminants) in animals and food of animal origin continue to decrease in the European Union and, in parallel, compliance levels are inc [...]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently published the 12th report on the European surveillance of veterinary antimicrobial consumption (ESVAC) project, which shows that sales of antimicrobials for use [...]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), following the request made by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), has recognized the presence of resist [...]
A consumer class action, joined by the non-profit organization Farm Forward, sued Whole Food (chain acquired by Amazon) for misleading advertising: the prosecution claims antibiotics have been detected in beef [...]
