“We Are Standing on the Brink of a Public Health Catastrophe”
From Food Safety News Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) reacted to the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) report this week, calling the increases in certain types of drug resistance among bacteria found on retail meat and ground poultry “alarming.” “We are standing on the brink of a public health catastrophe,” said Rep. Slaughter. “The…