New rules on antibiotic use in livestock just went into effect
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund
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New rules on antibiotic use in livestock just went into effect –
But a major loophole remains. The FDA has made it illegal to give medically important antibiotics to healthy animals in order to promote their growth—but veterinarians can still authorize the drugs for “disease prevention” in food animals. Antibiotic misuse by any other name still causes bacteria to become resistant to life-saving drugs. Stat News
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