The Food and Drug Administration has recognized the need for collecting such information, but it has not taken steps to establish the needed system. Of course the UCS has compiled data of its own, good data, but by their own admission they state that it's not good enough. Clearly it's time for the FDA to create a federal antibiotic reporting system that collects information for both human and agricultural use and should include the class, indication, dosage, and treatment period. I urge you Commissioner Henney to establish a workable and comprehensive reporting system to determine the quantity of antibiotics used in U.S. agriculture. Thanks for listening, Mark K Bennett Mark K Bennett 4525 Georgia Street, Apt.
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