Bayer asks for hearing on FDA's attempt to ban poultry drug

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Bayer asks for hearing on FDA's attempt to ban poultry drug

 

December 1, 2000

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major drug manufacturer on Thursday challenged the

government's attempt to ban an antibiotic given to poultry -- a ban proposed

because of evidence that the drug's use in chicken causes people to get sick

from drug-resistant bacteria.

 

Bayer Corp. formally asked the Food and Drug Administration for a hearing to

challenge the proposed ban of its poultry antibiotic Baytril, an agency

spokesman confirmed late Thursday.

 

At issue are a family of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. Some

fluoroquinolones are sold to treat animals, but others are a leading treatment

for thousands of Americans who get food poisoning from campylobacter, bacteria

found mostly in chicken.

 

Cases of antibiotic-resistant campylobacter are rising, federal health

statistics show -- and an FDA investigation concluded that use of

fluoroquinolones in chicken is one significant cause.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/12/01/poultry.antibiotics.ap/index.html

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