FDA: Antibiotic Sales Drop 10% for Livestock in 2016

Antibiotic sales for use in livestock has dropped according to a report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Dec. 7, FDA released a summary report for 2016 on “Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food Producing Animals.” A key finding in the report was antibiotic sales and distribution in the U.S. dropped 10% from 2015 to 2016 for food producing animals. Since FDA began collecting sales data in 2009, this is the first time that year-over-year sales of antimicrobials have declined...more