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A Lot Can be Done to Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics in the Meat Industry
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/24/25 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/24/25

A Lot Can be Done to Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics in the Meat Industry

37 organizations, medical professionals, and consumers call on the HHS Secretary to take four actions to stop antibiotic overuse in the meat industry.

 

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FACT’s Spring 2025 Highlights
FACT News Harry Rhodes 4/15/25 FACT News Harry Rhodes 4/15/25

FACT’s Spring 2025 Highlights

See how FACT is supporting farmers and protecting communities this spring.

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When Food Is Not Medicine
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/1/25 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/1/25

When Food Is Not Medicine

Germs in food cause almost 10 million illnesses, over 50,000 hospitalizations, and almost 1,000 deaths each year which isn't surprising, considering industrial animal raising operations are breeding grounds for disease.

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Thank you for Telling the USDA to Step It Up in the Fight Against Bird Flu
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 2/19/25 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 2/19/25

Thank you for Telling the USDA to Step It Up in the Fight Against Bird Flu

Bird flu continues to spread with devastating consequences for animals and farmers. We need the USDA to step up. Help us take action.

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Factory Farm Gas is a False Climate Solution
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 1/29/25 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 1/29/25

Factory Farm Gas is a False Climate Solution

FACT is concerned about is false solutions to climate change such as biogas which is is just another subsidy for giant animal feeding operations.

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Tell the FDA to Ban Carbadox Once and For All
Safe and Healthy Foods Steve Roach 1/2/25 Safe and Healthy Foods Steve Roach 1/2/25

Tell the FDA to Ban Carbadox Once and For All

We need your help to ensure that the FDA takes immediate action to protect public health by banning the carcinogenic drug carbadox once and for all.

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Look What You’ve Helped Us Achieve In 2024—And Imagine What’s Next!
Fundraising Harry Rhodes 12/29/24 Fundraising Harry Rhodes 12/29/24

Look What You’ve Helped Us Achieve In 2024—And Imagine What’s Next!

Celebrate a year of progress in humane farming and safe food with FACT—your support drives our mission to transform farming, empower farmers, and create healthier food systems!

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Bird Flu: Why We Need Urgent Action to Prevent a Public Health Crisis
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 12/10/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 12/10/24

Bird Flu: Why We Need Urgent Action to Prevent a Public Health Crisis

Learn about the alarming spread of H5N1 bird flu from birds to mammals and help us take action to stop its potential public health risk.

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Voting With Your Dollars Only Works if Product Labels are Truthful
Safe and Healthy Foods, Consumer Education Harry Rhodes 10/9/24 Safe and Healthy Foods, Consumer Education Harry Rhodes 10/9/24

Voting With Your Dollars Only Works if Product Labels are Truthful

The USDA found widespread fraud in meat labeled "raised without antibiotics" but isn't requiring businesses to test for antibiotics. Join us in telling the USDA to require testing.

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Antibiotic Resistance: An Unyielding Crisis and the Urgent Need for Reform
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 8/28/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 8/28/24

Antibiotic Resistance: An Unyielding Crisis and the Urgent Need for Reform

New data from the FDA shows that many antibiotic resistance trends are not improving as hoped.

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Senator Booker Calls Out The FDA for Backsliding on Fighting Superbugs
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/17/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/17/24

Senator Booker Calls Out The FDA for Backsliding on Fighting Superbugs

Senator Booker warns FDA's new guidelines on antimicrobial resistance threatens public health.

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Antibiotics and Meat Production: A Growing Public Health Crisis
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/2/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/2/24

Antibiotics and Meat Production: A Growing Public Health Crisis

Check out FACT’s latest video about antibiotic resistance and the policy changes necessary to slow the spread of deadly antibiotic-resistant germs.

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Despite FDA Prohibition, U.S. Swine Producers Continue Using Medically Important Antibiotics for Growth Years Later.
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/30/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/30/24

Despite FDA Prohibition, U.S. Swine Producers Continue Using Medically Important Antibiotics for Growth Years Later.

New data shows that pig operations report feeding medically important antibiotics to pigs to make them grow faster, despite the FDA prohibiting this practice.

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Bird Flu Found in One in Five Samples of Milk
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/9/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/9/24

Bird Flu Found in One in Five Samples of Milk

The virus is killed by pasteurization but the people at greatest risk are farm and slaughter plant workers.

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Avian Flu and Giant Dairies Moving us Ever Closer to a New Pandemic
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/18/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/18/24

Avian Flu and Giant Dairies Moving us Ever Closer to a New Pandemic

Deadly bird flu is just one more problem of the current model of animal agriculture and in this case is potentially setting us up for an outbreak that could kill millions.

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FACT Joins Lawsuit Against the FDA
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 3/27/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 3/27/24

FACT Joins Lawsuit Against the FDA

For failure to respond to petitions to ban the growth promoter Ractopamine.

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Agriculture Needs to Change to Address the Climate Crisis
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 3/6/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 3/6/24

Agriculture Needs to Change to Address the Climate Crisis

But too much of the effort just reinforces the unhealthy industrial animal agriculture system.

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Raising Awareness About the Spread of Resistant Superbugs
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 2/14/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 2/14/24

Raising Awareness About the Spread of Resistant Superbugs

Learn about why the spread of antibiotic superbugs is an ongoing public health crisis in our latest blog and video

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The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Eroding Focus on Protecting Consumers
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 1/24/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 1/24/24

The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Eroding Focus on Protecting Consumers

The CVM is ignoring its mission to make sure that animal drugs are safe to meet the demands of drug makers and the giant meat industry.

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The U.S. is in Need of Some Big New Year’s Resolutions When it Comes to Policies on Antibiotic Resistance
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 1/4/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 1/4/24

The U.S. is in Need of Some Big New Year’s Resolutions When it Comes to Policies on Antibiotic Resistance

FACT has some big but very attainable goals this year for the Food and Drug Administration in order to keep us safe and healthy.

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