FDA cow ruling "dangerous bacteria"

The ruling said that its no longer allowed to give healthy cows antibiotics for the fear that it could create dangerous bacteria. A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35 year old rule that would stop farmers from putting antibiotics into animal feed, a practice that have led to a surge in dangerous, drug resistant bacteria. in a ruling handed down Thursday, Judge Theodore Katz said the FDA must begin steps to withdraw approval of the two antibiotics for routine use in animals, siding with four consumer safety groups that brought a lawsuit against the agency. Antibiotics were one the most key medical discoveries of the last century, used to heal everything from infected wounds to strep throat. Since their commercial introduction in the 1930s, antibiotics have become a ubiquitous part of medical practice. Most medical experts agree over prescribing of the drugs has played a role in bacteria's growing resistance to them.