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NRDC Warns FDA Approved Livestock Antibiotics Harmful to Humans

Categories: News

Tags: animal antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, human exposure, natural resources defence council, NRDC

Posted: January 29, 2014
Source: Environmental Protection On-line.com

A new National Resources Defense Council report released this week alleges that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been allowing the use of 30 penicillin and tetracycline antibiotic feed additives that could be exposing humans to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. FDA reviewed 30 antibiotic feed additives (approved for non-therapeutic use, which means preventing disease or promoting growth) between 2001 and 2010 that most likely would not be approved as new additives if submitted for use today, according to NRDC.
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