FDA sued over growth-promoting antibiotic use on the farm
A little less than a year ago, the Food and Drug Administration took a step that, depending on your point of view, was either far too activist or nowhere-near-enough-but-good-try: it proposed, in a...
View ArticleF.D.A. Is Ordered to Restrict Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
A federal magistrate judge on Thursday ordered the Obama administration to alert drug makers that the government may soon ban the common agricultural use of popular antibiotics in animals because the...
View Article>Breaking News: Judge Orders FDA To Examine Safety of Ag Drugs
Here’s breaking news that I’ve learned about. The significance is going to unfold over the next 24 hours and more, and when it does, I will update. But here are the basics: A district judge in New York...
View ArticleEnding FDA Paralysis on Antibiotics With Two Court Victories and a Push for...
Twice within the past three months, history was made when a federal court ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action on the health threat posed by antibiotic misuse in animal...
View ArticleFDA Action Ordered on Farm's Antibiotic Use
(WASHINGTON) A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a...
View ArticleFederal Court Judge Rules: FDA Must Follow Its Own Antibiotic Overuse Order
/CC BY 2.0 The federal government is undoubtedly behind the curve when it comes to antibiotic overuse in American livestock. After all, nearly 100,000 people die each year as a result of antibiotic...
View ArticleCourt compels FDA to heed its own research on antibiotics use in livestock
Thirty five years after the Food and Drug Administration determined the routine use of antibiotics in livestock feed could pose a danger to human health, a federal court Thursday compelled the agency...
View ArticleFDA Must Withdraw Some Livestock Antibiotics in Superbug Ruling
U.S. regulators must withdraw approval for some antibiotics used in livestock unless drugmakers can prove the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration needs to begin hearings on whether the...
View ArticleCourt Orders FDA to Address Antibiotic Overuse in Livestock and Protect...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2012 1:52 PM CONTACT: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) nrdcinfo@nrdc.org Court Orders FDA to Address Antibiotic Overuse in Livestock and Protect Effectiveness of...
View ArticleCourt orders FDA to examine antibiotics use on animals
A federal court on Thursday ordered the FDA to follow through on a 35-year-old proposal that would have banned the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed because the agency was concerned that these...
View ArticleNew FDA rules: Prescriptions needed for animal antibiotics
Farmers and ranchers will for the first time need a prescription from a veterinarian before using antibiotics in farm animals, in hopes that more judicious use of the drugs will reduce the human deaths...
View ArticleFDA hoping to curb use of antibiotics in livestock
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View ArticleCourt orders FDA to review antibiotic use in livestock
March 23, 2012 -- Updated 2325 GMT (0725 HKT) Washington (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it was studying a federal judge's order that it consider withdrawing two popular...
View Article>FDA Documents Show Agency Once Strongly Opposed Farm Antibiotic Overuse
The use of antibiotics and sulfonamide drugs, especially in growth promotant and subtherapeutic amounts, favors the selection and development of single and multiple antibiotic-resistant and...
View ArticleFDA told to move forward on livestock antibiotics ban
A federal magistrate judge has ordered the Obama administration to alert drug makers that the government may soon ban the common agricultural use of popular antibiotics in animals because the practice...
View Article>News: FDA Won’t Act Against Ag Antibiotic Use
With no notice other than a holiday-eve , the US Food and Drug Administration has reneged on its long-stated intention to compel large-scale agriculture to curb over-use of agricultural antibiotics,...
View ArticleRule on antibiotics in animal feed to get hearing
Washington -- A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing widely used antibiotics into animal feed, a...
View ArticleFDA draws criticism after U-turn on antibiotics in animal feed
Environmental groups dismayed after agency drops long-held plan to regulate use of human antibiotics fed to healthy animals A pig farm in northern Missouri. Critics say the reversal is at odds with its...
View ArticleFederal Judge’s Ruling May End Use Of Antibiotics In Animal Feed
Posted: March 23, 2012 In a ruling by Judge Theodore H. Katz of the Southern District of New York on Thursday, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration must begin proceedings to ban the use of common...
View ArticleFDA plan would seek voluntary limits of antibiotics in animal feed
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday finalized a plan that would ask drug companies to voluntarily limit the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed, citing long-held concerns that their...
View Article>Court Scolds FDA Over Ag Antibiotic Use
There’s been another development in the continuing court battle to get the US Food and Drug Administration to exert some control over agricultural use of growth-promoter antibiotics — and it arrives...
View ArticleJudge: FDA must limit antibiotic use in animal feed
WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing widely-used antibiotics into animal feed, a...
View ArticleFDA asks firms to limit antibiotics in animal feed
Washington -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday finalized a plan to ask drug companies to voluntarily limit the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed, citing long-held concerns that...
View ArticleNY judge: FDA should act on animal antibiotics
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the safety risks to human health associated with the widespread use of antibiotics in food-producing animals,...
View ArticleJudge: FDA must act to cut antibiotics from animal feed
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. regulators to start proceedings to withdraw approval for the use of common antibiotics in animal feed, citing concerns that overuse is endangering...
View ArticleJudge orders FDA to revisit decision not to ban some antibiotics in animal feed
A federal court has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to revisit its decision not to ban the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed and criticized the agency for relying on industry to...
View ArticleFDA must act to remove antibiotics from animal feed: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered regulators to start proceedings to withdraw approval for the use of common antibiotics in animal feed, citing concerns that overuse is...
View ArticleFDA Must Rethink Antibiotics In Animal Feed, Federal Judge Orders
* Judge critical of FDA's lack of action * Long-standing concerns about creation of superbugs * FDA unveiled voluntary guidelines in April (Rewrites with quotes from judge and industry group comments)...
View ArticleJudge: FDA must revisit antibiotics in animal feed
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View ArticleFDA ordered to rethink antibiotics in animal feed
n">(Reuters) - A federal judge said the Food and Drug Administration had done "shockingly little" to address the human health risks of antibiotic use in animal feed and ordered the agency to...
View ArticleCourt orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms
WASHINGTON -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would...
View ArticleJudge says FDA must act on rule to prevent overuse of antibiotics in farm...
WASHINGTON - A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that...
View ArticleAnimal Antibiotic Use Continues Upwards, FDA Keeps Blinders on
With legislation in 2008, Congress for the first time asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect and report to the public the overall sales of antibiotics used in food animals. marked the...
View ArticleFDA urged to rethink on antibiotics in animal feed
(Reuters) - A federal judge asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reexamine its decision to reject citizen calls to restrict the use of antibiotics in animal feed, court filings showed. The...
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