City of Baltimore - File #: 14-0194R

• File #: 14-0194R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Nontherapeutic Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/27/2014
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 1/26/2015
• Title: Informational Hearing - Nontherapeutic Use of Antibiotics in Livestock FOR the purpose of requesting a statewide and national ban on nontherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock production; supporting the enactment of the Protection of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)/Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA) to address this dangerous practice; and calling for a hearing to discuss ways to reduce and eliminate the nontherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock production.
• Sponsors: Nick Mosby, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Brandon M. Scott, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Informational Hearing, Livestock, Nontherapeutic, Use of Antibiotics

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/26/2015	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
1/26/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
12/4/2014	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/30/2014	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/27/2014	0	City Council	Introduced
10/27/2014	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Mosby



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Nontherapeutic Use of Antibiotics in Livestock

FOR the purpose of requesting a statewide and national ban on nontherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock production; supporting the enactment of the Protection of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA)/Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA) to address this dangerous practice; and calling for a hearing to discuss ways to reduce and eliminate the nontherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock production.
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Recitals

WHEREAS, 80% of the antibiotics sold in the United States are used in livestock production, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that most of those antibiotics are used irresponsibly.

WHEREAS, low doses of antibiotics are routinely fed to livestock for disease prevention to compensate for crowded, unsanitary conditions, in a practice known as “nontherapeutic use”.

WHEREAS, “nontherapeutic use” creates ideal conditions for the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

WHEREAS, antibiotic resistant bacteria on livestock operations are known to spread to retail meat, farmers and farmworkers, and rural environments.

WHEREAS, antibiotic resistance in pathogens due to nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock production has been a public health concern ...