FDA bans antibiotic for pigs over cancer risk to humans

by Bismah Malik – IBTimes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday it would revoke the approval of an antibiotic used to treat various conditions in pigs because the drug may leave various cancer-causing residues, affecting humans who consume pork.

The agency said in a statement that the drug, carbadox, could pose a potential risk to humans who consume pigs pork, especially pork liver.

The USFDA added the manufacturer of carbadox, Phibro Animal Health, has failed to provide sufficient scientific data to demonstrate the safety of this drug, given the evidence that carbadox may result in carcinogenic …read more