FDA's Anti-infective Drugs Advisory Committee says antibiotics used in humans as a sole therapy likely should be more strictly limited for use in food animals.
The committee is gathering information to make recommendations to FDA as the agency further develops guidance that establishes a new scheme for assessing the risk of animal-drug use leading to antibiotic resistance in humans.
Committee members heard heated debate this month between the animal-drug industry and those who want antibiotics used in humans to be banned from routine use in animals.