Source: Sabrina Tavernise New York Times, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 1/28/14

A federal analysis of 30 antibiotics used in animal feed found that the majority of them were likely to be contributing to the growing problem of bacterial infections that are resistant to treatment in people, according to documents released this week by a health advocacy group.
The analysis, conducted by the Food and Drug Administration and covering 2001 to 2010, was detailed in internal records that the nonprofit group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request and subsequent litigation.

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