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High Risk’ Drugs Used in Livestock
Soren Dreier sorendreier.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has vowed to cut antibiotics use for livestock, but a new report finds that regulators aren’t taking the problem as seriously as its own research would suggest. “Playing Chicken with Antibiotics” is a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) that looks at FDA documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request. Documents show that between 2001 and 2010, the FDA reviewed the safety of 30 penicillin and tetracycline feed additives approved for “nontherapeutic use” in livestock and poultry. The documents show that the FDA rated 18 of the drugs as high risk of exposing humans to antibiotic resistant bacteria through the food supply and of adversely affecting human health. For the 12 remaining drugs in the FDA review, drug manufacturers did not provide proof of safety for humans. to read more: sorendreier.com
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