The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the Food & Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing widely used antibiotics into animal feed, a practice that has led to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria.
In 1977, the FDA concluded that the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, poultry and other animals weakened the treatment's effectiveness in humans. The agency issued an order that would have banned nonmedical use of penicillin and tetracycline in farm animals, unless drugmakers could show the drugs were safe. . .
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