Source:   Dr. H. Scott Hurd, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 9/9/13

Opinion
It is so easy for newspapers and former government officials (of which I am one) to simplify a topic and confuse an issue. I applaud Drs. Kennedy and Kessler for their call in The New York Times and Washington Post for FDA to finish up on their work in Guidance 213. However, they are behind the curve. FDA and the animal drug companies have already worked for orderly phaseout of growth promotion uses of medically important antibiotics. In the near future, all medically important antibiotics used in food animals will be used only for therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a veterinarian.

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