FDA takes action on illegal, antibiotic residues in veal
While five antibiotics found in sample tissues are approved as new animal drugs under specified conditions, no legal tolerances have been approved for the use of these animal drugs in calves, says the injunction. (See pages 5-7 of the consent decree.) In addition, two sulfa drugs found in tissue samples have not been approved for use in any animals. Most residues found in the calves were considerably higher than the normal amounts allowed for adult beef cattle.
The decree prevents the defendants from purchasing or selling any animals for use as food unless and until they take certain actions to assure animals with illegal drug residues do not enter the food supply, according to an FDA statement.