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Health Canada bans swine antibiotic carbadox |
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| CANADA: August 13, 2001 | ||
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Health Canada last week banned the sale of the controversial swine antibiotic, carbadox, after receiving reports of misuse and accidental contamination.
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"The decision to stop sale followed a scientific review of recent information on the drug, which is used in the rearing of pigs intended for human food," a release by Health Canada said. "Departmental scientists concluded that continued sale of carbadox cannot be justified in light of the potential for misuse and unintentional contamination of other products," the news release said. Carbadox, a veterinary drug that is mixed into livestock feed, was approved in the 1970s for use in Canada and the United States to promote growth in swine as well as to prevent and treat dysentery and other conditions. Health Canada, already facing pressure to ban the drug from a public health watchdog, said in its statement that tests showed that when the by-products of the drug are metabolized, it can cause cancer in rats. Health Canada said that hog producers and feed mill manufacturers were being informed of the decision. Carbadox is sold under the brand name Mecadox by the animal health division of Pfizer Inc. .
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