July 1, 2009
PCC joined 354 health, agriculture, environment, animal protection, religious, and other interest groups to sign on in support of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA, H.R. 1549/S. 619).
Signed onto a letter supporting USDA’s authority to write regulations defining violations of the Packers and Stockyards Administration.
To U.S. House and Senate committee members, urging support for S. 549 and HR 962; legislation would restrict antibiotics as a feed-additive for livestock. The 2007 bill is the latest of several similar efforts, with signatories added over the years.
To Secretary Mike Johanns, USDA; re: supporting an appeal to the USDA Secretary to allow the NOSB to clarify "access to pasture" for dairy cows.
