date:Jul 01, 2013
US Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill that would stop the use of antibiotics in the feed and water of food animals that are not sick.
The Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2013 charges the Food and Drug Administration with enforcement, and requires drug companies and agriculture companies to demonstrate that antibiotics are being used to treat sick animals and not as a growth promotant.
Antibiotics are the closest thing to a silver bullet in human medicine given their ability to wip