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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration
says 25 pharmaceutical companies are voluntarily
phasing out the use of antibiotics for growth
promotion in animals processed for meat.
Citing a potential threat to public health, the agency
in December asked 26 companies to voluntarily stop
labeling drugs important for treating human infection
as acceptable for use in animal production. The FDA
did not name the one company that has not agreed to
withdraw or revise its drugs.
The companies will either withdraw the drugs from
animal use completely or revise them so they would
only be able to be used with a veterinarian’s
prescription.
Many cattle, hog and poultry producers give their
animals antibiotics regularly to ensure that they are
healthy and to make the animals grow faster.
In October, Frontline explored the possible end of the
age of antibiotics, due to the growing threat of drug-
resistant bacteria.
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration
says 25 pharmaceutical companies are voluntarily
phasing out the use of antibiotics for growth
promotion in animals processed for meat.
Citing a potential threat to public health, the agency
in December asked 26 companies to voluntarily stop
labeling drugs important for treating human infection
as acceptable for use in animal production. The FDA
did not name the one company that has not agreed to
withdraw or revise its drugs.
The companies will either withdraw the drugs from
animal use completely or revise them so they would
only be able to be used with a veterinarian’s
prescription.
Many cattle, hog and poultry producers give their
animals antibiotics regularly to ensure that they are
healthy and to make the animals grow faster.
In October, Frontline explored the possible end of the
age of antibiotics, due to the growing threat of drug-
resistant bacteria.