FDA Extends Comment Period on Judicious Use of Antimicrobials in Animal Agriculture
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
  • As previously covered on this blog, FDA announced in September 2016 that it was “entering the next phase” of efforts to avoid increased antimicrobial resistance.  To achieve this goal, the Agency noted that it was specifically requesting comments on the establishment of appropriately targeted durations of use of antimicrobial drugs of importance to human medicine (i.e., medically important antimicrobial drugs) when they are administered in the feed or water of food-producing animals for therapeutic purposes.  Comments were initially slated to be accepted through December 13, 2016.

  • On November 29, 2016, FDA announced that it has extended the comment period and would now be accepting comments through March 13, 2017.

  • Antibiotic resistance continues to be a hot button issue in the food industry.  Interested parties who wish to contribute to the ongoing discourse and FDA’s efforts to curb the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals are encouraged to take advantage of the extended deadline to submit their comments to FDA.

 

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