date:Jul 25, 2014
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Critics and some scientists say the prolonged, widespread use of the feed to promote weight gain in animals can foster superbugs, exposing humans who contact or eat the animals to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They said the FDA should have followed through on its 1977 proposal to ban the feed entirely.
The FDA has long since promoted voluntary limits on animal feed containing the antibiotics. In December it began implementing a plan to phase out the feed's indiscriminate use, with an excep