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Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Antibiotics, Business, Business records, Consumers, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Drugs, Food, Food safety, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Livestock, Medical care, Medicine, Pharmaceutical research, Science policy, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines "critical antimicrobial animal drug" as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms. Requires the Secretary to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drugs in food-producing [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1853-1854) Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines "critical antimicrobial animal drug" as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Animals, Antibiotics, Business, Business records, Consumers, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Drugs, Families, Family farms, Food, Food safety, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Livestock, Meat, Medical care, Medicine, Poultry, Small farms, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1853-1854) Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines "critical antimicrobial animal drug" as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Antibiotics, Business, Business records, Consumers, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Drugs, Food, Food safety, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Livestock, Medical care, Medicine, Pharmaceutical research, Science policy, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines "critical antimicrobial animal drug" as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms. Requires the Secretary to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drugs in food-producing [...] show full description
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