Key Resources on Antibiotics, Superbugs and Industrial Farming

Click below for the latest facts, figures and other key resources that illustrate how antibiotic overuse on industrial farms is breeding dangerous superbugs and what’s being done to protect the public’s health.

Facts and figures

• Antibiotics and Industrial Farming 101
• Antibiotic Sales Reach Record Highs
• How Antibiotic Resistance Happens
• Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance: Denmark's Ban on Growth Promoting Antibiotics in Food Animals
• No Economic Advantage to Industrialized Pork Production
• State of the Science: Bibliography on Antibiotic Resistance and Food Animal Production

Advocacy in Action

• Supermoms Against Superbugs
  • 2013 Supermoms and Superdads
• SuperChefs Against Superbugs
  • Chefs Highlight Need to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
  • 2013 SuperChefs Go to Washington, D.C.
  • Recipes Featuring Meat and Poultry Raised without Antibiotics

Policy

• Antibiotic Policy Primer
• Pew Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ''Antimicrobial Animal Drug Sales and Distribution Reporting''
• Pew Seeks More Veterinary Oversight of Antibiotic Use on Industrial Farms
• Pew Asks FDA to Close Loopholes in New Guidelines to Protect Antibiotics From Overuse
• Pew Asks FDA to Strengthen Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Food Animals

Letters to the Administration and Congress

• 530 Chefs Call on White House to End Antibiotic Overuse on Industrial Farms
• President Obama Urged to Take Action Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
• Health, Science Leaders Call on Congress for More Antibiotics Data
• Leading Physicians and Scientists Ask FDA to Rein in Drug Use in Food Animals
• 359 Health Professionals Ask FDA to Better Protect Antibiotics
• Hospitals Seek Stronger Guidelines for Antibiotic Use in Food Animals
• 58 Health and Consumer Groups Tell FDA to Close Loopholes in Antibiotic Guidelines
• Joint Letter from Leading Medical and Health Organizations on State of the Science Regarding Antibiotic Use in Food Animals
• Businesses to FDA: End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animals
• Denmark’s Chief Veterinarian Addresses Antibiotics in Letter to U.S. Congress
• 219,000 Americans Unite to Urge FDA to End Antibiotic Overuse
• Members of Congress Write to FDA about Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
• U.S. Senators Urge FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to Restrict Antibiotic Overuse

Congressional Hearings and Briefings

• Hearing Testimony: Gail R. Hansen before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, July 14, 2010
• Hearing Transcript: Antibiotic Resistance and the use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture, July 14, 2010
• Hearing Testimony: House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, March 19, 2010
• Briefing: Reducing Antibiotic Resistance, May 5, 2010
• Briefing: Alternatives to Routine Antibiotic Use in Food Animals, March 2, 2010
• Briefing: Industrial Animal Farms and Worker Health and Safety, December 17, 2009

Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

• Final Report: Putting Meat on the Table
• Antibiotic Report: Antimicrobial Resistance and Human Health