The Wall Street Journal reports that the Food and Drug Administration of the United States has quietly dropped plans to end the use of certain long-term antibiotics in animals that end up on our plates. Many public health officials have long worried about the overuse of antibiotics in people and animals, which can promote drug resistance, now a major problem in many hospitals. Antibiotics in cattle, pigs and other animals killed for food were particularly controversial. On the one hand, they can protect animals against some infections and growth. On the other hand, for at least 20 years, researchers have known that humans who develop infections, such as salmonella, after eating meat from animals fed large amounts of antibiotics are less likely to respond to related drugs.
In July, the FDA said it would push against the use of cephalosporin antibiotics in animals. In late November, he reversed his decision days before the rule was scheduled to take effect. The FDA said in a notice in the Federal Register he had received "many substantive comments" on the prohibition and was "this action so that it can fully reflect these observations. "A spokesman for the agency said FDA could then implement the ban.
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