Feinstein Co-Sponsors U.S. Senate Bill Targeting Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Livestock
On Monday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced a measure in Congress that would require FDA to ban farmers from using antibiotics intended to control or prevent disease in food-producing livestock unless the drug's manufacturer can demonstrate that its use poses no threat to human health. The bill aims to close a gap in FDA guidelines issued in 2013 calling on drugmakers to voluntarily stop using antibiotics to help animals gain weight.
- "Lawmakers Take Aim at Link Between Antibiotics for Livestock and Infections in Humans" (Breslow, "Frontline," PBS, 3/3).