I can’t count the number of op-eds, blog posts and general news articles I’ve read about the FDA’s recent move to ban extra-label uses of cephalosporins — a type of antibiotic – in meat production in the past two weeks, but Mark Bittman’s piece for the New York Times pretty succinctly sums up what most of them have concluded: it’s too little, too late.
Bittman calls the effort “pathetic, token, and infuriating” and, save a few unknowing optimists, his sentiments seem to mirror those I’m seeing across the social web. Read More at The Broad Side…
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