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“Natural” chicken can’t be given antibiotics, or confined indoors, says a California judge

Last week, a federal judge in California denied poultry producer Sanderson Farms’s request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the company of using false and misleading advertising to market its line of “100% natural” chicken products—a tagline that appears on a range of offerings from wings and drumsticks to thighs and whole birds, as well as on the company’s website, print ads, billboards, and TV commercials.

Food companies need to take note: Antibiotic use is dropping

McDonald's announced recently that it aims to lessen the use of medically important antibiotics in the cattle supplying its beef. Hurrah for that press release, but farmers and ranchers have an important response for one of their premier vendors: It's already happening in a big way. Just ask the Food and Drug Administration.

Antibiotics In Organic And Conventional Production

When animals that are being raised “antibiotic Free.

Africa: Catastrophic Antibiotic Threat From Food

The greatly excessive use of antibiotics in food production in recent decades has made many bacteria more resistant to antibiotics.

Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food- USA

The greatly excessive use of antibiotics in food production in recent decades has made many bacteria more resistant to antibiotics.

Antibiotic resistance in farm animals is rising fast-

Researchers have found that antibiotic resistance is on the rise among farm animals in low-to-middle income countries.

All You Need To Know About Animal Antibiotics and Human Health

The Disturbing Link: Animal Antibiotics and Human Health

Could ants be the solution to antibiotic crisis?

Scientists have pinpointed a promising new source of antibiotics: ants. They have found that some species including leaf-cutter ants from the Amazon use bacteria to defend their nests against invading fungi and microbes.

Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria

Imagine a world where your odds of surviving minor surgery were one to three.

Antibiotic resistance has spread to the deep, dark forest, bear teeth reveal

Sweden’s brown bears nearly disappeared in the early 1900s, the victims of enthusiastic trophy hunters and angry farmers.

Some beef ‘raised without antibiotics’ tests positive for antibiotics in study

A new study in Science magazine identified antibiotics in some of the beef cattle in a USDA-approved no-antibiotics labeling program recognized as a gold standard for restaurants and grocery stores around the country.

Antibiotic resistance detected in the food chain could have implications for human health, new study finds

A new study has found surprisingly high rates of antibiotic resistance in samples of salmon and beef purchased from Australian supermarkets.

The Illusion of Antibiotic-Free Meat

White Oak Pastures is a sixth-generation, 156-year-old farm in Bluffton, Georgia, that made the bold decision nearly 30 years ago to transition away from industrial agriculture. After decades of crowded barns and antibiotic-laden feed, fourth-generation farmer Will Harris was ready to undertake some radical revisions.