Ordering farms' halt to use of human antibiotic

FDA orders farmers to stop dosing chickens, cows, pigs and eggs with drug used to treat skin infections, stomach infections and pneumonia in humans. Agency says that overuse will render cephalosporins ineffective in treating human disease.

Bloomberg News; Newsday 2008-07-03

Categories: Diet-Related Disease, HEALTH & NUTRITION, Meats, Poultry & Seafood, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Index: antibiotic, antibiotic resistance, beef, cattle, cephalosporins, chicken, cows, drug-resistant bacteria, eggs, factory farms, FDA, industrial farming, pigs, pork, salmonella