Daily Archives: 10/14/2013

Antibiotic /Antimicrobial Resistance

Disease Ecology, Food SafetyBy wp-user1 10/14/2013

According to a report released by the CDC the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections is increasing in the United States. More than two million people in the U.S. get drug-resistant infections annually and about 23,000 die from these diseases that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.

Food Giant Sysco Under USDA Investigation

Food SafetyBy wp-user1 10/14/2013

Sysco Corporation is now under investigation by the USDA’s Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit, according to spokesman Richard McIntire.
The USDA would not specify when the department began looking into the food distributor…