Trinity News Daily - U.S. and World Latest News from Technology, Entertainment, Health and Sports

Breaking Daily News and Current Events

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Log in
  • Headlines
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • World
  • Latest News
    • Larry David Decided the Return of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ with New Season
    • Spiders Start to Fly in Chicago, As Their Season Begins
    • Hummingbird Vision Is Adapted To High-Speed Flight
    • Kronos Is The Latest Nickname For 2 Planet Eating Stars
    • The Ecosystem of Teller Lake in Colorado Threatened by Thousands of Goldfish
    • Researchers Dream of a World Without Mosquitoes
    • NASA Shares Spectacular Pic of Earthrise over Moon
    • The Ozone Layer is Repairing Itself
    • Giraffes Are In Danger Of Becoming Extinct In The Wild
    • Pregnant Woman Stabbed And Her Unborn Child Removed From Her Belly

Pages

  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Trinity News Daily Staff
  • Who We Are

Recent Posts

  • Documentary Tells Story of Three Identical Strangers June 29, 2018
  • First Look at DiCaprio and Pitt in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” June 28, 2018
  • Jared Leto to Star in Spider-Man Spinoff “Morbius” June 28, 2018
  • Toby Kebbell Joins Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot June 27, 2018
  • New Record-Breaking Number of Academy Members Announced June 26, 2018
  • Actress Heather Locklear Arrested Once Again June 26, 2018
  • Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie and Kit Harington Got Married June 25, 2018

Antibiotic Use in Meat Industry Has Increased

By Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
"bacteria"

Antibiotic overdose creates resistant super-bugs

According to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), antibiotic use in meat industry has increased since 2013. Almost 23 percent of the animals raised for meat receive high doses of antibiotic.

FDA rings an alarm bell, reporting that 96 percent of the antibiotic sales in the United States are being used for animal food and water. The rate increased with 3 percent compared to 2013 and with 23 percent compared to 2009. About 21 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in 2014.

Health advocates urge the FDA to regulate the market of livestock antibiotics by imposing clear limits aimed to reduce the use of antibiotics. FDA’s current approach, based on the voluntary reduction inside the industry is clearly not effective in the vision of health advocates.

However, FDA has been taking measures to restrain the use of antibiotics by moving their availability from over-the-counter to veterinary prescription. Drug sponsors have to annually report to the FDA the quantity of antimicrobial drugs that they sale for food-producing animals.

According to the CDC, overuse of antibiotics leads to the development of superbugs, which affect almost two million people each year and kill more than 23,000.

The FDA is working together with the CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to collect more data on the use of antibiotics that are considered medically important for human medicine.

In May 2015 the FDA revised its reporting system for drug sponsors of antibiotics sold for use in farms in order to obtain more relevant data, including devised by food-producing species.

Used without limits, antibiotics will stop being effective. More than that, the overuse will help bacteria develop resistance so that antibiotics won’t have any effect upon them anymore.

It is the case of a superbug recently discovered in China, which is a strain of e.coli. Besides being resistant to any known antibiotic, the superbug also has the power of infecting other bacteria, giving them the same defense system.

The superbug has first been identified in a pig and then in raw pork meat. After that, a number of people fell sick because of it. Despite efforts to isolate the bug, a few days ago it has been found in a Danish man who had never left Denmark. Germany came next and then Malaysia.

This super-bacteria can cause blood and urinary infections and also gut, having the ability of even making some of them incurable. And it is immune to all known antibiotics.

Image source: pixabay

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Antibiotic Use in Meat Industry Has Increased, antibiotics, FDA, superbug

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 8 other subscribers

Recent Articles

cannabis plants

Prototype App Could Tell the Actual Effects of Cannabis on a Person

By Leave a Comment

Viagra pill

Viagra Might Help Fight Cancer (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Opioids in a plastic container.

Opioids Just As Effective As Over The Counter Drugs For Treating Chronic Pain (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Child being exposed to bright lights from a tablet.

Bright Lights Before Bedtime Can Prevent Kids From Going To Sleep (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Several opioid pills laid on a black surface.

The Opioid Pandemic Affects More and More US Children (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Close-up of a colon cancer cell.

Eating Nuts May Help Avoid Colon Cancer (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Woman suffering from obesity.

Prolonged Obesity Increases Risk Of Heart Disease (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Glass of red wine.

Drinking Red Wine May Keep Teeth And Gums Healthy (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Single fathers have higher mortality risk.

Mortality Rate For Single Fathers Is Surprisingly High (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Woman with her male partner on a field.

Your Partner Can Cheat On You Even If They’re Sexually Satisfied (Study)

By Leave a Comment

Cloth embroidered by a person suffering from schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia Patients Can Manage Verbal Hallucinations By Playing A Video Game

By Leave a Comment

mouse on leaf in tree

Researchers are Testing a Cancer Vaccine for Human Usage (Study)

By Leave a Comment

white pills on white surface

FDA Changes Packaging of Anti-Diarrhea Drug to Avoid Abuse

By Leave a Comment

Drinking too much alcohol during your teen years was potentially linked to liver diseases later on.

Liver Diseases Likelier In People Who Drank Large Amounts Of Alcohol In Their Adolescence

By Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • cannabis plants

    Prototype App Could Tell the Actual Effects of Cannabis on a Person

  • Viagra pill

    Viagra Might Help Fight Cancer (Study)

  • Opioids in a plastic container.

    Opioids Just As Effective As Over The Counter Drugs For Treating Chronic Pain (Study)

  • Child being exposed to bright lights from a tablet.

    Bright Lights Before Bedtime Can Prevent Kids From Going To Sleep (Study)

  • Several opioid pills laid on a black surface.

    The Opioid Pandemic Affects More and More US Children (Study)

  • Close-up of a colon cancer cell.

    Eating Nuts May Help Avoid Colon Cancer (Study)

  • Woman suffering from obesity.

    Prolonged Obesity Increases Risk Of Heart Disease (Study)

  • Glass of red wine.

    Drinking Red Wine May Keep Teeth And Gums Healthy (Study)

  • Single fathers have higher mortality risk.

    Mortality Rate For Single Fathers Is Surprisingly High (Study)

  • Woman with her male partner on a field.

    Your Partner Can Cheat On You Even If They’re Sexually Satisfied (Study)

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized
  • World

Copyright © 2021 TrinityNewsDaily.com

About · Staff · Terms and Conditions · Privacy Policy

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more.