Food safety

April 4, 2012 at 2:18AM

• Antibiotics have been used on livestock for decades.

• Most antibiotics in U.S. go into animals, not people.

• Their use has become an issue as people become more resistant to the drugs.

• The FDA would like to end their use for boosting animal growth instead of treating disease.

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