FDA 将严格限制养殖业抗生素使用

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Sabrina Tavernise, 美国将严格限制养殖业抗生素使用. 纽约时报中文网, Dec 12, 2013
cn.tmagazine.com/health/20131212/t12antibiotics/

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Sabrina Tavernise, FDA Restricts Antibiotics Use for Livestock; A growing resistance to 20th-century wonder drugs poses a threat to humans. New York Times, Dec 12, 2013.

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“The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it was beginning to phase out the use of some critical antibiotics in animals raised for meat * * * The change, which will take effect over the next three years, is the first serious attempt by the federal government to curb the broad use of antibiotics in farm animal * * * for years, modest efforts by federal officials were thwarted by the powerful food industry and its lobbying power in Congress

“The agency has changed the rules so that food animal producers would no longer be able to use antibiotics to make animals grow faster. It will accomplish that by asking manufacturers of the drugs to change the labels in a way that would make it illegal for farmers to use the medicines for growth promotion.

“The changes, which were originally proposed in 2012, are voluntary for drug companies. But FDA officials said they believed the companies would comply [judging from statements from the companies] * * * Additionally, the agency is requiring that licensed veterinarians supervise the use of antibiotics, effectively requiring farmers and ranchers to obtain prescriptions in order to be able to use the drugs for their animals.