While it would be great if the FDA did something about this, there are probably global dimensions to this problem also. Presumably antibiotics are used globally against strains of disease that spread quite merrily from country to country.
I'd assume epidemiology is not domestically constrained: the antibiotic/agricultural practices of one nation impact all others.
I have no idea what is standard practice for domestic agriculture in my own country. Things I think I "know" about agriculture are distorted through the prism of American cultural influence - documentaries like Food Inc., are writ large in the imagination even where these are only concerned with domestic affairs.
What resources exist that document antibiotic use on a global basis?
Feeding the animals antibiotics constantly also 'increases yield' because the animals grow larger. You think that the head of any agriculture company is going to sign off on something that decreases yield? We've got quarterly profits to think of! Think of the profits that we would lose! </sarcasm>
I'd assume epidemiology is not domestically constrained: the antibiotic/agricultural practices of one nation impact all others.
I have no idea what is standard practice for domestic agriculture in my own country. Things I think I "know" about agriculture are distorted through the prism of American cultural influence - documentaries like Food Inc., are writ large in the imagination even where these are only concerned with domestic affairs.
What resources exist that document antibiotic use on a global basis?