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Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics

The Alliance is a coalition of health, medical, environmental and animal welfare groups campaigning to stop the overuse of antibiotics in animal farming.

Credit: Sandeep Subba

The Alliance is a coalition of health, medical, environmental and animal welfare groups campaigning to stop the overuse of antibiotics in animal farming.

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US livestock receive more than five times as many antibiotics as British livestock

New data shows that US livestock received on average 5.4 times more antibiotics per animal in 2018 than their UK counterparts. In particular, US...

Protect consumers from the misuse of antibiotics on farms, new report says

Top supermarkets are failing to outlaw meat reared with routine antibiotics: new survey report.

Fast food firms cut antibiotic use after pressure from investors

Work by the FAIRR initiative puts pressure on fast food firms to reduce the use of antibiotics in their food chains.

Medicine to treat campylobacter is becoming less effective

Antimicrobials used to treat diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans are becoming less effective due to overuse of antibiotics.

McDonald’s reduction in antibiotics won’t solve ‘systematic problems’

The alliance to Save Our Antibiotics welcomes McDonald’s commitment to reduce the use of antibiotics across the beef chain but won’t...

Government plans to avoid EU ban on farmers using preventative antibiotics

The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics - convened by Sustain, Compassion in World Farming and the Soil Association - expresses dismay at plans for...

US farms still using antibiotics which are ‘crucial’ for human health

Meat sample tests show that powerful antibiotics which should be reserved for human health are being used on livestock farms across the US despite...

Animals could be dosed with their own antibodies to reduce use of antibiotics on farms

The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics welcomes the treatment but says that the real answer is to improve animal husbandry.

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The Alliance was founded by the Soil Association, Compassion in World Farming, and Sustain.

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