272630 Responsible antibiotic use practices in U.S. pork production

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 3:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Jennifer Koeman, DVM, MSc, MPH, DACVPM , Producer and Public Health, National Pork Board, Des Moines, IA
     
U.S. pork producers are committed to producing safe, wholesome pork in a socially responsible way. The industry's We Care initiative underscores producers' commitment to practices that protect human health, including the responsible use of antibiotics. At the farm level, antibiotics are administered to animals to protect their health and welfare, which helps ensure food safety and human health. The pork industry's Pork Quality Assurance® Plus certification program is a long-standing initiative, designed to help producers achieve and maintain good production practices related to responsible antibiotic use and animal well-being. More than 56,000 producers and their employees are PQA-Plus certified, and more than 18,000 farms hold PQA-Plus site-status verification of their on-farm compliance to the program. This presentation will discuss guidance for U.S. pork producers' antibiotic use and other Checkoff-related efforts regarding good production practices for antibiotic use.

Learning Areas:
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Explain industry best-practices in socially responsible production of pork products. Describe the Pork Quality Assurance® Plus certification. Demonstrate how this program helps producers achieve and maintain good production practices for responsible antibiotic use and animal well-being.

Keywords: Antimicrobial Drugs, Policy/Policy Development

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Dr Jennifer Koeman, veterinarian, is the director of producer and public health, National Pork Board. She holds a master's in animal reproduction from McGill University, a DVM from University of Saskatchewan, and a MPH from University of Minnesota. Her experience includes working for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and with the Pan American Health Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Most recently, Dr. Koeman has completed a residency in Veterinary Public Health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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