An extraordinarily large amount of antibiotics are administered to food-producing animals to encourage growth and prevent disease. With public awareness increasing, many question the practice and others defend it. A panel of experts will examine this issue and discuss the public health implications, legal framework, and proposed federal bill to limit its routine use.

Moderators: Elizabeth Bennett, Member, Committee on Animal Law; Dana Capone, Member, Committee on Animal Law

Speakers: Margaret Brown, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council; Keeve Nachman, Ph.D., MHS, Director of the Food Production & Public Health Program, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future; Cari Rincker, Agriculture Lawyer, Rincker Law, PLLC; Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, New York's 25th Congressional District, Author of HR 1150, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013

Sponsored by: Committee on Animal Law, Christine Mott, Chair