September 20, 2011

NPPC comments on GAO report on antibiotic resistance

The President of NPPC commented on the lack of evidence linking antibiotic use in food animal to antibiotic resistance in humans, as the US pork industry has continually pointed out. He said The GAO report on antibiotic resistance issued confirms this, concluding that the limited data collected ‘lack crucial details necessary to examine trends and understand the relationship between use and resistance.’ The pork industry long has supported the federal antibiotic-resistance monitoring program.” Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.
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