WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council, responding to a report from the Environmental Working Group, said the EWG report used selective and incomplete 2011 government data on retail meat samples, to claim that antibiotic use in chickens and other food animals is the primary cause for people developing antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The NCC stated:
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration regulates medicines given to food animals. When FDA approves an antibiotic, it bases that approval on extensive research which must show that its use in animals does not pose a significant risk to human health.
For approved antibiotics, FDA and. . .
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