The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not going to withdraw the antibiotics penicillin and tetracycline from animal feed. The statement was published in the Federal Register before the holidays this year and was not announced in a news release or bulletin. This is the official post: "The Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) is withdrawing two 1977 notices of opportunity for a hearing (NOOH), which proposed to withdraw certain approved uses of penicillin and tetracyclines intended for use in feeds for food-producing animals based in part on microbial food safety concerns." The FDA previously cited three statutory grounds they were using to defend the withdrawal: The drugs are not shown to be safe Lack of substantial evidence of effectiveness Failure to submit required … [Read more...]