date:Jul 01, 2013
e Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the use of antibiotics in ways that accelerate antibiotic resistance;
Requires drug companies and producers to demonstrate they are using antibiotics to treat clinically diagnosable diseasesnot just to fatten their livestock;
Applies restrictions to only the limited number of antibiotics that are critical to human health. Any drug not used in human medicine is left untouched by this legislation; and
Preserves the ability of farmers to use all a