Drop in Antibiotic Sales for Livestock
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have released new data documenting a decline in the amount of medically important antibiotics being sold for use in food-producing animals in the USA. The...
View ArticleThe NHS are rolling out electronic prescribing in the fight against...
A recent article in the Telegraph newspaper reports that; “Health chiefs have drawn up the plans amid warnings that antibiotic resistance now poses as great a threat as climate change.” Matt...
View ArticleCanadian pork found to contain Ractopamine
The Chinese-Canadian trade deal is again in turmoil after a pork shipment from a Quebec based processing plant was found to contain the banned substance Ractopamine, the additive that increases the...
View ArticleThe US and EU settle their beef over new deal
The US government has agreed a new trade deal which welcomes more non-hormone treated beef into the EU. The deal which was agreed in early 2019 was officially signed on the 2nd August. It allows the...
View ArticleWe are attending SPACE 2019! Are you?
Randox Food Diagnostics are exhibiting at SPACE 2019 in Rennes from 10th – 13th September 2019. We will be showcasing our revolutionary Biochip Array Technology make sure you visit our stand in Hall...
View ArticleNew draft guidance for antibiotic use in livestock has been released by the FDA
The FDA has published a new draft antibiotic guidance for industry (GFI) #263 this week. The guidance aims to establish a process to voluntarily bring the remaining medically important drugs under...
View ArticleMeat | World Antibiotic Awareness Week |Day #2
Meat On Day 2 of World Antibiotic Awareness Week we are looking at the meat industry and their use for antibiotics. Antibiotics are frequently used for rapid growth promotion and prevention of...
View ArticleFDA calls for urgent work on the over-use of antibiotics
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has released a statement this week in the wake of damning results in the use of antibiotics within the food industry. More specifically, the statement has...
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