date:Jul 31, 2014
Three US Senators say the Food and Drug Administration's plan to curb antibiotic use in food-animal production may not be not be effective.
In a July 28 letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand detailed their concerns about the FDA's plan for animal-pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily phase-out the use of antibiotics in food-production animals. The letter follows a recent federal appeals court ruling that the FDA is not req