Tell Congress: Stop the overuse of antibiotics on industrial farms

Lawmakers will soon vote on a proposal that would allow pharmaceutical companies to sell more drugs to industrial farms. We need less antibiotic use, not more, to combat drug-resistant superbugs. Urge your representatives to oppose weakening drug approval standards, and instead, support reducing antibiotic use.

Subject: Oppose expanding conditional approvals through ADUFA, and support duration limits

Your Letter:

Dear Representative,

I'm writing to express my concern with expanding conditional approvals in the Animal Drug User Fee Act reauthorization, and to urge you to support measures that reduce antibiotic use on farms.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria already claim at least 23,000 American lives each year, and sicken millions more. Without swift action to reduce antibiotic use, experts estimate that drug-resistant infections could kill 10 million people each year worldwide by 2050.

When meat producers misuse antibiotics, it spurs the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can spread from farms to communities.

Expanding conditional approvals would mean that pharmaceutical companies can market drugs for use in animals without proving the drugs are effective. This could result in millions of animals receiving ineffective drugs, and encourage more antibiotic use that would contribute to drug-resistant bacteria.

To preserve the efficacy of antibiotics for the future, I urge you to oppose expanding conditional approvals in the upcoming ADUFA reauthorization, and support setting duration limits on all medically important antibiotics sold for food production.

Sincerely,

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