The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it plans to pull a veterinary drug used commonly in the pork industry because it might pose aThe antimicrobial, carbadox , is typically added to pig feed to fight infections and fatten up the animals., though the agency stressed in its notice that it isn't telling people to change their food choices at the moment.
Drug maker Phibro Animal Health Corp. said Tuesday it was "extremely disappointed" by the FDA's latest move. Pulling carbadox from the market could also result in millions of lost pigs, the National Pork Producers Council claimed.
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