The New York Times has caught up with the old
news that the companies that supplied arsenic as feed additives for poultry and
hog rations have pulled their products off the market in the United States.
They actually made the move early this year,
but it has become national news now that the New York Times has written about
the developments.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn
approval for roxarsone, carbarsone and arsanilic acid, all of them used in feed
for chickens, turkeys and pigs to prevent disease and promote growth.
The companies, Pfizer spinoff Zoetis and
Fleming Labs, have mostly withdrawn the drugs from the market following studies
that showed levels of arsenic in chicken that exceeded amounts that occur
naturally, the Times reports.
