FDA Plans To Ban Poultry Antibiotics

Both the Washington Post and the Associated Press reported today that the FDA will ban two widely used antibiotics used by poultry farmers due to the risks the drugs pose to humans.

According to the reports, this will be the first time that the government has stepped in to pull a drug “to combat infections that have grown resistant to antibiotics” off of the market.

Despite the risks posed to humans, drug manufacturers are expected to protest the move to ban their products. According to the articles, drug makers want to look at the “basis” for the FDA’s decision to ban the antibiotics.

Who is affected most by these drug-laden animal products? The articles state that the antibiotic use “could be life-threatening to the elderly, to children and to people with depressed immune systems.”

They will put drugs in your food, drugs in your water, drugs in your pets, and drugs in your children. A depressed immune system is something you definitely do not want. And just what system controls and coordinates the immune system?

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MSNBC: FDA to ban 2 poultry antibiotics Agency cites drug-resistant microbe danger to humans