"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."
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."
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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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