The Food and Drug Administration will roll out a proposal to combat superbugs in farm animals, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday.
"We are going to be rolling out in the next couple of months our plan for what we will do to build on some of the good work that has already been done, and looking at some additional steps that we can take to make sure there is judicious use of antibiotics in the farm setting," Gottlieb said during a Senate budget hearing.
He was responding to a line of questioning from Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., who has introduced legislation to reduce the use of antibiotics in the meat supply. Udall praised the FDA's actions last year banning meat suppliers from using antibiotics to help livestock grow faster.
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