From:	EXECSEC
Sent:	Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:00 PM
To:	Dockets, FDA
Subject:	FW: End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed


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From: 	Henney, Jane
Sent: 	Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:00:09 PM
To: 	EXECSEC
Subject: 	FW: End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
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From: 	pkallinger@earthlink.net[SMTP:PKALLINGER@EARTHLINK.NET]
Sent: 	Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:00:08 PM
To: 	jhenney@oc.fda.gov
Cc: 	pkallinger@earthlink.net
Subject: 	End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
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Pete Kallinger
4203 Allis Pl
Riverside, CA  92501

pkallinger@earthlink.net


Dr. Henney,

We support Petition 99P-0485 and urge you to ban medically 
useful antibiotics from livestock feed.

Livestock producers feed human antibiotics to hogs, cows and 
poultry to speed their growth or counteract the effects of 
crowded living conditions and poor hygiene.  I have been told 
about one third of the antibiotics manufactured in the United 
States each year ends up in animal feed.  Mounting evidence has 
proven that the overuse of antibiotics for livestock makes the 
drugs less effective for humans.

Scientists, health organizations and governments around the 
world are urging that antibiotics not be squandered on fattening 
livestock.  The World Health Organization recommended that 
antibiotics used to treat humans not be used to promote animal 
growth.  The GAO reported that "research has linked three 
diseases with antibiotic-resistant strains affecting humans to 
the use of antibiotics in animals;" and the European Union has 
already banned human antibiotics in animal feed.

Please do not allow an antibiotic to be used in livestock feed 
if that antibiotic is used in human medicine.  Please tell me 
how you plan to address this looming health crisis.

Sincerely,

Pete and Rebecca Kallinger
4203 Allis Place 
Riverside CA 92501


Pete Kallinger