Food-borne Illness

FDA warns against use of high-risk drug in livestock

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 30th, 2003

Inspectors have found in some carcasses of dairy cattle traces of an animal drug that can cause anemia and other blood disorders in humans, prompting federal regulators to warn against its use on animals raised for food.

Gloria Dunnavan, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) compliance official, said that regulators have issued an order prohibiting the use of phenylbutazone, an arthritis drug, in farm animals used for food. The order emphasizes regulations that have been on the books since 1996.

Officials have not heard of anyone getting sick from eating meat containing residues of the drug, Dunnavan said.

Still, it is a...

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