Trump’s USDA Fights Global Guidelines on Livestock Antibiotics
- WHO recommends halting routine drug use in healthy animals
- U.S. also opposed sugary-drink tax, marketing curbs on formula
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The Trump administration is resisting the World Health Organization’s effort to sharply limit antibiotic use in farm animals, a move intended to help preserve the drugs’ effectiveness.
Instead, the U.S. is helping draft an alternative approach that appears more favorable to agribusiness.