Slaughter Resumes Bid To Preserve Human Antibiotics By Cutting Ag Use

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) reintroduced a bill to limit eight classes of antibiotics for treatment of humans and sick animals only and prevent them from being routinely fed to healthy animals, saying FDA's voluntary guidance is an “inadequate response to the overuse of antibiotics on the farm.” The move comes as the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) gears up for a meeting Friday (March 27) that involves representatives from FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine and the...