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FoodID In the News
- Washington Post, USDA aims to tighten ‘humane,’ antibiotic-free meat labels, June, 2023
- Civil Eats, Will the USDA Crack Down on Antibiotics Labeling in Meat?, June, 2023
- Civil Eats, Could a Rapid Test For Antibiotics Bring Transparency to the Meat Supply Chain?, November 2021
- NBC San Francisco, Bay Area-Based Belcampo Shuts Down All Operations Amid Scandal, October 2021
- Modern Farmer, What Does ‘Antibiotic Free’ Mean When it Comes to Food?, August 2021
- The Hill, The days of mystery meat may be ending, July 2021
- Cheddar, FoodID Announces $12 Million Raise to Expand Pork, Beef & Poultry Testing, March 2021
- Forbes, This California Startup Has A Meat Test It Says Can Help Prevent The Next Pandemic, March 2021
- San Francisco Chronicle, Natural-meat stalwart Bill Niman’s newest company: an ‘antibiotic-free’ labeling brand, July 2020
- Forbes, Blue Apron Cofounder Raises $10 Million In Funding To Breed A Better Chicken, July 2020
- Food Dive, Startup FoodID develops test for 95% of the most common antibiotics, July 2020
- Fox Business, Blue Apron founder raises $10M for chicken-breeding company Cooks Venture, July 2020
- AgFunderNews, Bill Niman’s new startup takes antibiotic-free meat labeling to task, July 2020
- Techcrunch, Cooks Venture raises $10 million in Series A funding, July 2020
- MEAT + POULTRY, Startup validates meat production claims, ensures safety, July 2020
- Press Release: What’s In The Meat We Eat? Testing Startup Food In-Depth (FoodID) Wants To Help Us Know, July 2020
Background Reading
2023
- USDA, Consumers’ Interpretation of Food Labels with Production Claims Can Influence Purchases, June 2023
2022
- USDA ERS, Consumers’ Interpretation of Food Labels with Production Claims Can Influence Purchases, March 2022
- The Hill, When it comes to antibiotics, it’s time to change how the sausage gets made, February 2022
- Civil Eats, Ads for Livestock Antibiotics Fly in the Face of FDA Rules. Will the Agency Step In?, January 2022
- The Guardian, Antimicrobial resistance now a leading cause of death worldwide, study finds, January 2022
2021
- Wired, Antibiotic Use in US Farm Animals Was Falling. Now It’s Not., December 2021
- The New York Times, Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Surge as Groups Cite Lax U.S. Oversight, September 2021
- FAIRR, Why Marketing Matters in the Fight Against AMR, September 2021
- The Counter, FDA will require veterinary oversight for all animal antibiotics important to human medicine, August 2021
- Center for Food Safety, Chain Reaction VI: How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Antibiotic Use In Their Beef Supply Chains, July 2021
- The Guardian, Investigation shows scale of big food corporations’ market dominance and political power, July 2021
- Civil Eats, Is the U.S. Doing Enough to Address the Meat Industry’s Role in Antibiotic Resistance?, April 2021
- Forbes, Antibiotic-Free Labels Are Important To Two-Thirds Of Americans When Buying Meat — And Data To Back-Up Claims Is Paramount, A New Poll Shows, February 2021
2020
- NRDC, Better Burgers: Why It’s High Time the U.S. Beef Industry Kicked Its Antibiotics Habit, June 2020
- CNBC, ‘Superbugs’ are a hidden danger in the fight against coronavirus, May 2020
- CBS News, Antibiotic resistance may rise after COVID-19, as doctors struggle to treat secondary infections, May 2020
- Axios, Antibiotic pipeline in peril from coronavirus and incentives system, May 2020
- Financial Times, Coronavirus lessons for the fight against ‘superbugs’, May 2020
- Wired, Covid-19 May Worsen the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis, April 2020
- Vox, The Meat we eat is a pandemic risk, too, April 2020
- Science, Antibiotic treatment for COVID-19 complications could fuel resistant bacteria, April 2020
- LA Times, Op-Ed: COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too, April 2020
- 60 Minutes, What does antibiotic resistance look like? Watch this experiment., April 2020
- Scientific American, Antibiotic Resistance Could Lead to More COVID-19 Deaths, April 2020
- Globe and Mail, The dangerous legacy of COVID-19: A rise in antimicrobial resistance, April 2020
- Fierce Healthcare, Industry Voices—Another enemy emerges in the COVID-19 fight: Antibiotic-resistant bugs, March 2020
- Stat News, Antibiotic resistance: the hidden threat lurking behind Covid-19, March 2020
2019
- New York Times, Denmark Raises Antibiotic Free Pigs. Why Can’t the US?, December 2019
- New York Times, Warning of Pig Zero: One Drugmaker’s Push to Sell More Antibiotics, June 2019
- FoodDive, Walmart pork contained bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics, report says, November 2019
2018
- Consumer Reports, Are Banned Drugs in Your Meat?, November 2018
- Wired, The Hidden Link Between Farm Antibiotics and Human Illness, September 2018
2017
- MDPI, Antibiotic Use in Agriculture and Its Consequential Resistance in Environmental Sources: Potential Public Health Implications, November 2017
Studies and Academic Articles
- Pew Commission, Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America
- Alliance to Save our Antibiotics, USA Antibiotic Use: A Threat to UK Standards?
- National Library of Medicine, One Health, emerging infectious diseases and wildlife: two decades of progress?