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Medically important antimicrobial drugs should be labeled as prescription products from June 11, 2023, as part of FDA efforts to improve antimicrobial stewardship and slow the development of antimicrobial resistance.

Antibiotic use on European farms has fallen 43.2%, compared with 30.4% in the United States.

Researchers: There's evidence that PFAS end up in crops and livestock, but Illinois doesn't require testing for the chemicals in sludge used for fertilizer.

Key antibiotic sales for food animals fell just 3% from 2019 to 2020, and the decline has plateaued.

LamiadLamai / iStock The pandemic isnt over yet, but with more and more Americans getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel becoming a little brighter every day—at least in the United States—many clinicians, scientists, and public health advocates are calling for renewed attention to an infectious disease threat that was in the spotlight before the pandemic arrived. Prior to the pandemic, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was considered one of the majo...

United Soybean Board / Flickr cc For the second straight year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reporting an increase in the amount of medically important antibiotics sold for use in food-producing animals in the United States. According to the FDAs summary report for 2019, domestic sales and distribution of medically important antibiotics for food animals rose 3% from 2018 through 2019, following a 9% increase from 2017 through 2018. "Medically important antibiotics" refers to antibio...