P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

April 21, 2014

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Cities Urging Congress to Ban Antibiotics in Livestock

Seattle recently became the seventh city this year to support legislation banning nontherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock. 

The Seattle City Council passed a resolution supporting Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Senator Diane Feinstein’s (D-CA) legislation, the “Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act” or PAMTA, which would ban the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry for growth promotion, prevention, and control. 

Antibiotics could only be used for treatment purposes or when the animal is sick.  Food and Water Watch is leading this effort through its “Campaign to Save Antibiotics.” 

The effort is to build support at the local level through city councils and county boards to pass resolutions in support of PAMTA. 

Other cities that have passed similar resolutions this year are Cleveland, OH; Madison, WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Providence, RI; Red Bank, NJ: and St. Paul, MN.  The issue of antibiotics use in animals is never ending. 

 

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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