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Legislation on overuse of antibiotics in agriculture reintroduced

2015-03-09 18:05:00| National Hog Farmer

By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Senators have reintroduced the Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act, legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of medically important antibiotics used for disease prevention or control that are at high risk of abuse, unless the producer of the drug can demonstrate that its use in agriculture does not pose a risk to human health. read more

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