About Those Antibiotics in Your Meat

摘要

On December 22, 2011, The U.S. food and Drug Administation Withdrew Its longstanding plan to limit the use of antibiotics fed to livestock to speed up weight gain and to compensate for crowded, unsanitary conditions. The Federal Register notice, excerpted below, outlines the reasons for the agency's decision. OnEarth asked Avinash Kar, NRDC's health program attorney, to fact-check the FDA's claims.