Resources

Fact Sheets

Food Animal Production & Antibiotic Resistance: Overviews

• The Campaign (PDF)
• The Challenge (PDF)
• The Link (PDF)
• The Solution (PDF)

Antibiotic Resistance and the Industrial Animal Farm (PDF)

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Animals and Unnecessary Human Health Risk (PDF)

How Antibiotic Resistance Happens (PDF)

Comprehensive Fact Sheet on Denmark's ban (PDF)

Health Care and the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis (PDF)

Important Human Medicines Used on Industrial Animal Farms (PDF)

Food Safety and the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis (PDF)

No Economic Advantage to Industrialized Pork Production (PDF)

Antibiotic-Free Food Animal Production: A Profitable Path from the Farm to the Table (PDF)

Testimony and Presentations

Conference: Managing the Risk of Foodborne Hazards: STECs and Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens. Click for access to the conference presentations and summary report discussing highlights and specific suggestions to enhance the collaborative response to emerging foodborne hazards for federal agencies and other stakeholders.

Testimony: Hearing on "Antibiotic Resistance and the use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture" (PDF), July 14, 2010

Testimony: Gail R. Hansen before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health (PDF), July 14, 2010

Presentation: Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance: Denmark's Ban on Growth Promoting Antibiotics in Food Animals, May 4, 2010

Testimony: House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (PDF), March 19, 2010

Presentation: Capitol Hill Briefing - Alternatives to Routine Antibiotic Use in Food Animals, March 2, 2010

Presentation: Industrial Animal Farms and Antibiotic Resistance (PDF), February 2010

Presentation: Capitol Hill Briefing - Industrial Animal Farms and Worker Health and Safety, December 17, 2009

Testimony: Robert P. Martin before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules (PDF), July 13, 2009

Letters and Recommendations

Joint letter on State of the Science Regarding Antibiotic Use in Food Animals (PDF), September 6, 2011

Joint letter on pending FDA rule to ban the extra-label use of cephalosporins in food animal production (PDF), updated June 9, 2011

Recommendations to the FDA regarding the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture (PDF), updated August 31, 2010

Letter to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (PDF), July 24, 2009

Pew letter to the FDA in response to their public recognition of animal agriculture's contribution to antimicrobial resistance (PDF), July 21, 2009

Materials from House hearing "Antibiotic Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture," July 14, 2010

Letter from Danish Chief Veterinarian to Congress (PDF)

Letter from Danish Technical University Professor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi correcting "creative" interpretations of Denmark's antibiotic ban (PDF)

The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

Final Report: Putting Meat on The Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America

Technical Paper: Industrial Farm Animal Production, Antimicrobial Resistance and Human Health

Bibliography of Scientific Studies and Reports

Bibliography of Published Literature on the Contribution of Animal Agriculture to Human Antibiotic Resistance (PDF), Last updated January 17, 2012

Major reports and journal articles on Denmark banning the use of antibiotics as growth promoters (PDF)

Partners

Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

American Public Health Association

Applegate Farms

Bon Appétit Management Company

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Keep Antibiotics Working

MRSA Research Center, The University of Chicago Medical Center

Murray’s Chicken

Union of Concerned Scientists