Comment on 'Feather Meal: A Previously Unrecognized Route for Reentry into the Food Supply of Multiple Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)'

摘要

The clear implication is made in this article that fluoroquinolone (FQ) residues found in feather meal samples from both the United States and China might serve as a selective pressure to maintain FQ resistant Campylobader sps. in commercial U.S. broiler production. The main line of reasoning used is depicted in Figure 1 of the paper.1 The underlying assumptions are that there remain some illicit uses of banned fluoroquinolone (FQ) products in commercial broiler feed and/or water and sustained "recycling" of FQ residues because of their feather trophic distribution. Several important facts serve to mitigate against this being even a remote possibility.