Free Farm Foundation Forum Jan. 20-21 to focus on antibiotic use in humans and animals

The next free Farm Foundation Forum, from Jan. 20-21 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., will focus on antibiotic use in humans and animals. "Panel members will examine issues and actions in animal health, human health, the retail/market sector and the public policy arena, including what those actions mean domestically and globally," Farm Foundation states. Joe Swedberg, chair of Farm Foundation's Antimicrobial Education Project Advisory Committee, will moderate the panel. Panel members are: Terry Coffey, Ph.D., Smithfield Foods; Steve Solomon, M.D., Global Public Health Consulting; Jerome Lyman, McDonald's Corporation, retired; and Kathy Talkington, Pew Charitable Trusts.

Registration is required. To register to attend the event, click here. To register for the free audiocast, which will take place at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 20, click here. For those unable to attend the event or participate in the audiocast, the event will be posted in the forum's archives after being broadcast. (Read more)