USDA Admits Link Between Antibiotic Use

by Big Agriculture,

and Human Health

At a hearing of a

House Energy and Commerce

subcommittee a representative of the

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

 finally caught up with the rest of the world

 and his peers at the

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

and

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 and admitted that the use of antibiotics

in farm animal feed

is contributing to the growing problem

of deadly antibiotic resistance in America.

Dr. John Clifford

Deputy Administrator for

Veterinary Services for the

USDA's Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service (APHIS)

read from his previously submitted testimony

that the USDA believes it is likely that

U.S. use of antibiotics

in animal agriculture

does lead to some cases

of resistance in humans.