http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/117_30326.html

Antibiotics to Be Banned for Feeding Animals 
 
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

Some popular antibiotics will no longer be fed to poultry, livestock
and fish from next year, authorities said Sunday. 

The move came as excessive use of antibiotics in feeding can help
bacteria develop resistance, threatening the health of people who then
eat the food, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said. 

``Steady use of even a small amount of antibiotics for animals causes
side effects that help bacteria develop resistance, without killing
them,'' a KFDA official said. ``But of course, we will allow
antibiotics for medical treatment.'' 

The authorities made public seven blacklisted classes of antibiotics
to be banned.

KFDA research in 2006 showed some 40 percent of sampled meats tested
positive for antibiotic-resistance. 

KFDA took samples from 157 pieces of beef and chicken, 35 pieces of
fish and 78 pieces of processed food to check bacterial-resistance of
15 different classes of antibiotics. 

Results showed that roughly 40 percent of bacteria survived the
antibiotics, 10 to 20 percent higher than the standards of other
countries.

 
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