Beef or People?

So, many medical groups, and the FDA itself, think that approving this super-antibiotic for mass use in cattle is a bad idea. Two guesses as to whether or not they will, though. The idea that the regulators' hands are bound by a document that the pharm companies love concerns me, especially considering that the potential consequences are so grave. The standard used to determine dangerousness is ludicrous... a direct link to human mortality must be shown, but by the time there's a direct link, THERE'S HUMAN MORTALITY. Moreover, mortality from antibiotic resistant bacteria won't stop at one. There's no herding that diseased cow back into the barn.

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1032620.html