Friday, January 6, 2012

FDA limits some antibiotic use in food animals


"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration prohibited some unapproved uses of antibiotics in livestock on Wednesday.

Farmers will no longer be able to administer a class of antibiotics called cephalosporins to cattle, pigs, chicken and turkeys in unapproved doses or frequencies, or as a means of preventing disease, the agency said."

You can read the full story by clicking on the link below....


http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-antibiotics-livestock-fda-20120104,0,5365917.story

The really sad part of this story is that it took so long for the FDA to act. Their unwillingness to act is a symptom of the influence the Food Industry has over the FDA.

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