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Senators Urge HHS to Finalize Reporting Requirements on Antibiotics in Livestock

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today urged the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly finalize its rule to collect more data on the sale and distribution of medically-important antibiotics in agriculture, including species- specific data.

The lawmakers expressed their support for the agency`s proposed requirements on species-specific data. The letter said: “We understand that some feed and pharmaceutical industry groups have expressed a view that the agency lacks the authority to collect species-specific estimates on antibiotic sales from drug sponsors. This is wrong; the agency has clear authority to propose this rule. Species-specific estimates of antibiotic sales are well within this authority and clearly support the agency`s public health mission to combat antibiotic-resistant communicable diseases.“

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