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by maxerickson 3434 days ago
The US has banned the use of medically important antibiotics as feed additives:

https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/03/fda-livestock-antibiotic...

It's not a particularly aggressive action but it probably clears the 'nothing' bar.

2 comments

It's the most direct "there is no good reason to use this" ban.

There's really three reasons to use antibiotics in livestock:

1. Growth promotion 2. Prophylaxis 3. Treating disease.

The ban hits #1. #3 really doesn't deserve to be banned - it's a legitimate use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine. #2 is where there's still a problem, because the use of antibiotics as a preventative runs the gamut from a perfectly legitimate veterinary intervention to an egregious misuse of antibiotics depending on the circumstance.

Lobbied for by domestic pharma no doubt.