From: EXECSEC
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:00 AM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: FW: End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed



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> From: 	Henney, Jane
> Sent: 	Thursday, March 08, 2001 10:59:51 AM
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> Subject: 	FW: End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
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> Subject: 	End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
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Hart Matthews

Durham, NC  27705

hart@operamail.com


Dear Dr. Henney,

I would like to express my wholehearted support for Petition 99P-0485. I would also like to see the FDA work toward eventually banning ALL antibiotics from livestock feed.

I recently had a staphlococcus (sp?) skin infection that did not respond to the usual over-the-counter antibiotic creams. The infection was mild and eventually went away, but I find the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics and the accelerating evolution of new pathogens extremely alarming. I believe it has been well proven that these are the results of injudicious use of antibiotics in both livestock and humans.

Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,


Hart Matthews