Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major global public health problem which has been aggravated by the irrational use of antimicrobial agents in human and animal health as well as the presence of these agents in the environment. AMR in animal pathogens makes disease treatments ineffective, increases the …
A Recent CSE Report Detected A Cocktail Of Antibiotics In Chicken Samples Taken From New Delhi. The Report Bodes Ill For Kerala, Which Imports 70% Of Its Chicken From Other States Ramavarman.T committee meeting of Food The latest Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report on antibi otic residue in …
The extensive use of antibiotics in the poultryindustry will make people antibiotic resistant. “This would mean that doctors will not be able to prescribe mild antibiotics when a person gets an infection since he will be already be antibiotic resistant,“ said Dr Syam Sunder, chief consultant at the general hospital …
If you are planning to have chicken in your meal, watch out! Poultry farmers in the outskirts of Jaipur are pumping antibiotics indiscriminately throughout the 3540 day life cycle of chicken. Worse, many of them do not even know that antibiotics should only be given to sick birds and not …
Large-scale antibiotic residues have been found in chicken samples lifted from Delhi and the National Capital Region. This unregulated use of antibiotics in the poultry industry could be contributing to growing resistance among Indians and their falling prey to a host of otherwise curable ailments, a new study by the …
Admitting that the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) findings about chicken being fed on antibiotics were “alarming’ but also something that public health experts have long suspected, the Indian Medical Association on Thursday demanded an immediate clamp-down on the misuse of antibiotics. Its office-bearer Narendra Saini said the Association, …
Indian Medical Association has demanded a ban on the use of antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention in poultry animals. The medical body said that antibiotics should only be used to cure the sick and on a veterinarian's prescription. IMA's statement came a day after Center for Science and …
Large scale, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the poultry industry has led to antibiotic resistance in Indians who are falling prey to many otherwise curable ailments, said a new study released here Wednesday. The study by the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab, which tested 70 chicken …
A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has linked growing antibiotic resistance in humans to its large-scale, indiscriminate use in the poultry industry. "Drugged" is the theme of the report — Antibiotics in the Chicken — which studied the level of common antibiotics in popular non-vegetarian …
Claiming that it found several antibiotic residues in chickens tested in Delhi-NCR region, an environment body on Wednesday said "large-scale and indiscriminate" use of antibiotics in poultry industry might be "strongly linked" to growing antibiotic resistance in Indians. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) also sought implementation of a …
Each time you eat chicken, you could also be consuming a cocktail of antibiotics. A lab study released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found antibiotic residues in 40% of chicken samples bought from outlets in Delhi and NCR. While the amount of antibiotics found in each sample was …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) lab study found residues of antibiotics in 40 per cent of the samples of chicken that were tested. Large-scale unregulated use of antibiotics in the poultry industry could be contributing to Indians developing resistance to antibiotics and falling prey to a host of …
Seventy chicken samples from Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), tested by the Centre for Science and Environment, were found to be carrying traces of five antibiotics. Largescale misuse and overuse of antibiotics in chicken has lead to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chicken itself. The CSE report …
Growing antibiotic-resistance in humans also because of large-scale indiscriminate use of antibiotics in poultry industry, claims CSE study. more at http://www.cseindia.org/node/5487
A mobile court yesterday sealed off four factories at Hazaribagh for using tannery waste in poultry and fish feed that contains hazardous chemical chromium. The court also ordered the agencies concerned to destroy 300 tonnes of so-called “feed” made with toxic tannery scraps generated from nearly 200 tanneries at Hazaribagh. …
If you want to slow climate change, white meat may be the right meat, according to two studies that tally the environmental effect of the beef industry. Raising cattle in the US requires 28 times as much land and 11 times as much irrigation water, and pumps at least five …
The emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses has received much attention due to the severe consequences of their occasional spread to humans, as well as the large toll they take on the poultry industry. Here we argue that the main barriers to the emergence of these viruses are imposed …
McDonald’s and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare on Monday after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken. The companies said they immediately stopped using meat from the supplier, Husi Food Co., Ltd. The Shanghai office of China’s food and drug …
A new study suggests that the production of beef is around 10 times more damaging to the environment than any other form of livestock. Scientists measured the environment inputs required to produce the main US sources of protein. Beef cattle need 28 times more land and 11 times more irrigation …
McDonald’s and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare Monday after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken. The companies said they immediately stopped using meat from the company, Husi Food Co., Ltd. The official Xinhua News Agency said authorities had ordered …
