The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds FDA for pre-releasing its long-awaited prohibition on the extra-label use of cephalosporin drugs in food-producing animals. Cephalosporin drugs are an essential tool in both human and animal medicine, but mounting evidence has linked extra-label use of these drugs to the development and spread of cephalosporin-resistant organisms.
“This is a critical win for consumers, food safety advocates and the medical community,” says Andrew Kimbrell, executive director for CFS. “But it’s high time that FDA wakes up to the dangers that non-therapeutic uses of all antibiotics pose to our health and the safety of our food supply.”