The FDA has come out with a plan for limiting veterinary pharmaceuticals that have human uses. In the end, the rule is somewhat of a relief to the meat industry. FDA Issues Feed Directive on Veterinary Antibiotics As Gary Blumenthal wrote yesterday, the FDA has come out with a plan for limiting veterinary pharmaceuticals that have human uses. This is formally known as the Final Guidance 213 for the Veterinary Feed Directive.We first covered this proposal from the FDA last year, noting that the judicious use guidance documents recommend, but do not require, that companies stop selling antibiotics that are medically important in human disease as growth promoters for animals. Two commonly used antibiotics would be penicillin and tetracycline...
As predicted, the Federal Reserve held rates steady at the last meeting before the midterm elections, likely in part because of the election (see WPI 19 October and 22 September). The decision comes at the tail end of a midterm election cycle that has been marked by the two parties campaigning...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
Key Takeaways: The tariff burden rose sharply in 2025 and 2026: the effective rate on imports in HTS Chapters 1–24 increased from 1.53 percent in 2024 to 6.11 percent in 2025, before averaging 5.68 percent in January–August 2026. Headline rates tell only part of the story: exemptio...
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