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Food and Drug Administration's Regulation of Antibiotics Used in
Animal Feeds. September 19, 1977. IU pp.
Testimony before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Ccmmerce: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee; by Gregory
J. Ahart, Director, Human Resources Div.
Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection (900).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Pidget Function: Commerce and Transportation: Other Advancement
and Regulation of Commerce (403).
Crganization Concerned: Food and Drug Administraticn.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Ccmmerce: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Authority: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to
establish the safety and effectiveness of antibiotics used in
animal feeds. The safety of several antibiotics has not been
decided, and FDA has not eztablished regulations specifying when
and how most antibiotics used in animal feeds prevent animal
diseases and stimulate growth. FDA establi'hed criteria for
determining whether use of an antibiotic in animal feeds at
subtherapeutic levels created a hazard to human or animal health
and whether such use was efiective for its intended purpose.
Although scf.,ntists have determined that several antibiotics
failed to meet one or more of the safety criteria, and although
many antib-ctics have not been proven effective under the
approved conditions of use, FDA has permitted the continued use
of subtherapeutic levels of these antibiotics in animal feeds.
only three antibiotics met all safety criteria for low-level use
in one or more animal species. FDA has not yet published Federal
Pegister notices specifying the conditions under which most
antibiotics used in animal feeds are effective. The FDA
Commissioner should take appropriate steps to insure that policy
advisory committees are used to review cnly broad policy matters
in accordance with FLA regulations and that their members are
fully aware of their responsibilities. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxvj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)