An antibiotic known as carbadox can damage genes and cause cancer. The European Union, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom have banned its use for years. So why does the U.S. Food and Drug ...

A common veterinary drug used by American pork farms could soon be pulled from the market, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday, due to concerns that it could pose a cancer risk in ...

A – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to revoke approval of a drug used to treat certain diseases in pigs because it could leave a cancerous residue that may affect human health.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it plans to pull a veterinary drug used commonly in the pork industry because it might pose a cancer risk to humans who eat pig products. The ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has moved to withdraw an antibiotic commonly used in pigs because it may be harmful to human health. The drug, carbadox, is fed to almost a third of baby pigs in ...

A drug commonly used by American farms to treat pigs faces potential removal from the market. The Food and Drug Administration issued a “final order to revoke” carbadox from the market due to concerns ...

Phibro Animal Health Corp. will “vigorously defend” the pork antibiotic known as carbadox and sold under its Mecadox brand, which the U.S Food and Drug Administration now wants remove from the market ...

April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to revoke approval of a drug used to treat certain diseases in pigs because it could leave a cancerous residue that may affect ...