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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ-06) Tuesday announced a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled “Antibiotic Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture,” on Wednesday July 14, 2010. The hearing will focus on the possible side effects on human health of the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals, such as cows, pigs, and others.
Government officials and veterinary health experts will provide testimony about the purposes of antibiotic use in animals as well as the implications of antibiotics losing their effectiveness in both animals and humans as a result of use.
This is the third in a series of three hearings on the topic of antibiotic resistance. The hearing will begin at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The witness list appears below.
Panel One:
Joshua Sharfstein, MD Principal Deputy Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Department of Health and Human Services
John Clifford, DVM Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service United States Department of Agriculture
Rear Admiral Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH Assistant Surgeon General and Acting Deputy Director, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Disease Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Department of Health and Human Services
Panel Two:
Per Henriksen, DVM Ph.D. Head, Division for Chemical Food Safety, Animal Welfare and Veterinary Medicinal Products Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
James R. Johnson, MD Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Professor of Medicine University of Minnesota
Gail R. Hansen, DVM, MPH Senior Officer Human Health and Industrial Farming Group Pew Charitable Trusts
Christine Hoang, DVM, MPH, CPH Assistant Director, Scientific Activities Division American Veterinary Medical Association
Randall Singer, DVM, MPVM, PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences University of Minnesota
Richard Carnevale, DVM Vice President, Regulatory, Scientific and International Affairs Animal Health Institute
Stuart Levy, MD Professor of Molecular and Microbiology Professor of Medicine Tufts University
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