FDA Backtracks On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Proposal

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The FDA recognized, 35 years ago, that feeding animals low-doses of certain antibiotics used in human medicine — namely, penicillin and tetracyclines — could promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria capable of infecting people who eat meat, and proposed to withdraw approval for the use of those antibiotics in animal feed. Instead of acting upon the proposal, the FDA has now withdrawn it. Although admitting that it continues to have 'concerns' about the safety of the use of antibiotics in animal feed, the FDA says that it will just continue to rely on 'voluntary self-policing' by the industry, the same method which hasn't worked out too well during the past 35 years, as antibiotic use in livestock and antibiotic resistance have continued to rise throughout the entire period."

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As a vegtarian:

[drolli]

in the moment when you have practices in farming which require feeding antibiotics constantly to cows, i suggest you change something.

Re:Greed

[Anonymous Coward]

Billions of healthy, well fed, long living people today because of the most advanced, efficient and robust food supply the planet has ever seen: is yet another consequence of greed.

I hear North Korea is greed free. Maybe you should consider relocating. See, I can tell you don't live there because you can put your opinions here - in the land of greed.