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Job One- Push Back on Efforts to Ban Antiobiotics for Use in Animal Agriculture
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 7:19:15 CST
We hear today on our Beef Buzz from Colin Woodall of the NCBA Washington office about what he calls one of the top issues that we must prevail on in Washington, DC with Congress. That issue is the use of Antibiotics in animal agriculture. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association says in a backgrounder they have on their website that "The approval and use of antibiotics to treat sick animals and to maintain animal health is a science-driven process. The Food and Drug Administration approves antibiotics to treat specific diseases or conditions at specific dosage rates, and producers are legally required to follow these precise label directions. This stringent approval process was made more stringent in 2003 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized an additional safety measure requiring risk assessment to be applied to all new and existing antibiotics (Guidance for Industry Part 152). NCBA supports the role that FDA plays in making science-based decisions regarding the safety and efficacy of antibiotics and antimicrobials used in animal agriculture." Click here for the full backgrounder on this subject.
Woodall says it is vital that the industry push back against the misinformation on this subject that is out there, primary coming from Congressman Louise Slaughter of New York, Chairlady of the House Rules Committee.
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