Monday 5 December 2011

EU and USA difference of opinion on antibiotics

The debate over the use of antibiotics in animals has stepped up as the European Union and the United States seem to be on a collision course concerning the antibiotic. In the EU the European Commission has introduced an action plan with 12 concrete actions to be implemented in close cooperation with member states.

But in the US the Food and Drug administration (FDA) has refused two petitions to limit the use of antibiotics on farms. The petitions filed in 1999 and 2005 by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) along with several medical and environmental organisation  have called upon the FDA to act in reducing the use of antibiotics on farms. Read more ...
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