Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that foodborne diseases, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, are increasingly resistant to antibiotic treatments. Countless scientific studies have concluded that antibiotic resistance is related to the widespread overuse of these life-saving drugs in CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations), where they’re used to compensate for unsanitary conditions and promote growth in livestock and poultry that are not sick.

Your senator is a member of a key committee which will be considering legislation on how the Food and Drug Administration oversees food safety. Call today and urge your senator to support adding provisions to this bill that will address antibiotic-resistant foodborne illness related to the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture.
 

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