FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock

Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given to livestock that are perfectly healthy.

By Jill U. Adams, Special to the Los Angeles Times

January 9, 2012