FDA and Antibiotics

As the FDA regulates drugs and medical devices, in addition to food, in this particular case their line of work has intersected environmental and public health concerns.  Previously, prescriptions and veterinary consultations were not required in the livestock industry, but through recent lawsuits and studies these may become necessary.  The main concern, paralleling with issues with insecticides and pesticides, is that the overloading of antibiotics for livestock has led (and will further lead) to the dominance of antibiotic resistant bacteria, such as MRSA.  This article discusses the reasoning and implications that this new regulation will have and how it may be implemented.