FDA approves of agricultural use of high risk antibiotics
Feb 6, 2014 8:11:44 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Feb 6, 2014 8:11:44 GMT -5
FDA approves of agricultural use of antibiotics that pose ‘high risk’ to human health
Thirty dangerous antibiotics, deemed potentially harmful by the FDA, continue to run amuck in farm animal feed, welcoming drug-resistant bacteria. This includes 18 ‘high risk’ antibiotics. Thanks to inaction by the US Food and Drug Administration, these drugs have been and will remain as additives in farm animal feed and water.
A freedom of information request, filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), brings forth over 3,000 pages of FDA documentation that details the dangers of these antibiotics which are still used in animal feed. The FDA has not acted in any way to remove these drugs from industry but has instead acted as the gatekeeper for the farm animal feed industry for decades.
Documents reveal over a decade of FDA inaction, despite dire health warnings
When the Centers for Disease Control confirmed a link between these antibiotics and a rise in antibiotic resistance in 2013, officials quickly came together and warned the public of “potentially catastrophic consequences” coming from antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose a threat to humans. The recommendation going forward was to stop adding these dangerous drugs in farm feed and water, but the FDA has been letting this issue slide for some time. According to documents uncovered by the NRDC, “high-risk” antibiotics have been permitted to stay in the US farm animal food supply for over a decade. (The documents obtained by the NRDC date from 2001 to 2010.)
The internal review, conducted by the NRDC, revealed that the use of these antibiotics in livestock exposes humans to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bacteria have basically outsmarted the drugs. The drugs are only good for bloating the livestock, increasing agribusiness production and keeping prices low for consumers, but the human health consequences are dire at this point and are more important than agribusiness economics. One of the drugs, Zoetis Inc.’s Penicillin G Procaine 50/100, is fed to poultry to aid in weight gain. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive very well now in farm animal feed that contains these antibiotics. These superbugs pass on to the animals which are slaughtered and fed to humans.
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Thirty dangerous antibiotics, deemed potentially harmful by the FDA, continue to run amuck in farm animal feed, welcoming drug-resistant bacteria. This includes 18 ‘high risk’ antibiotics. Thanks to inaction by the US Food and Drug Administration, these drugs have been and will remain as additives in farm animal feed and water.
A freedom of information request, filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), brings forth over 3,000 pages of FDA documentation that details the dangers of these antibiotics which are still used in animal feed. The FDA has not acted in any way to remove these drugs from industry but has instead acted as the gatekeeper for the farm animal feed industry for decades.
Documents reveal over a decade of FDA inaction, despite dire health warnings
When the Centers for Disease Control confirmed a link between these antibiotics and a rise in antibiotic resistance in 2013, officials quickly came together and warned the public of “potentially catastrophic consequences” coming from antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose a threat to humans. The recommendation going forward was to stop adding these dangerous drugs in farm feed and water, but the FDA has been letting this issue slide for some time. According to documents uncovered by the NRDC, “high-risk” antibiotics have been permitted to stay in the US farm animal food supply for over a decade. (The documents obtained by the NRDC date from 2001 to 2010.)
The internal review, conducted by the NRDC, revealed that the use of these antibiotics in livestock exposes humans to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bacteria have basically outsmarted the drugs. The drugs are only good for bloating the livestock, increasing agribusiness production and keeping prices low for consumers, but the human health consequences are dire at this point and are more important than agribusiness economics. One of the drugs, Zoetis Inc.’s Penicillin G Procaine 50/100, is fed to poultry to aid in weight gain. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive very well now in farm animal feed that contains these antibiotics. These superbugs pass on to the animals which are slaughtered and fed to humans.
read more
thepeoplesnewz.com/fda-approves-of-agricultural-use-of-antibiotics-that-pose-high-risk-to-human-health/