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Hog Outlook: New Antibiotics Policy Should Increase Feed Demand

2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The Food and Drug Administration announced that they are "implementing a plan to help phase out the use of medically important antimicrobials in food animals for food production purposes, such as to enhance growth or improve feed efficiency," write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.

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Zoetis Supports FDA Efforts to Phase out Antibiotics

2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The US Food and Drug Administration finalised Guidance #213 establishing the procedures for voluntarily phasing out growth promotion indications in food-producing animals for medically important antibiotics in alignment with Guidance #209 and published proposed changes to the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) regulation.

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New Rules Shift Oversight of Feed Antibiotics to Veterinarians

2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - News that the US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to help phase out the use of certain antimicrobial drugs as growth promoters in livestock means there’s now a timeframe in place for livestock producers to adjust production practices, according to Kansas State University veterinarian, Mike Apley.

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Phasing out Antibiotics for Growth Promotion in US: What Are the Consequences?

2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

ANALYSIS - The proposed changes to the regulations on the use of antibiotics in the US for food-producing animals will mean a reduction of around 16 per cent in antibiotic use in pigs, an increase in feed conversion ratio, higher veterinary costs and a shift in the oversight for antibiotic use from farmers to veterinarians, writes Jackie Linden.

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AMI Comments on FDAs Antibiotics Document

2013-12-13 15:29:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: American Meat Institute The American Meat Institute (AMI) has issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s publication of the final Guidance 213 and proposed Veterinary Feed Directive rule implementing the policy of extending veterinary oversight and eliminating the subtherapeutic (routine) use of medically important antibiotics in animal agriculture. read more

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