Innovative bureaucrats? FDA workaround on livestock antibiotics shows it’s possible
The addition of antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracycline into animal feed has proven to be a clear threat to human health. But getting rid of them isn’t easy in today’s regulatory arena. Gardiner Harris’s article in the New York Times on the FDA’s new attempt to limit the use of antibiotics in livestock feed shows the limits federal agencies face in making even the most clearly-needed changes. (more…)