FDA releases biomass-adjusted antimicrobial sales data

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an Interactive Summary of Biomass-Adjusted Antimicrobial Sales Data. The display applies a biomass denominator to adjust existing annual antimicrobial sales and distribution data for medically important antimicrobial drugs sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals (cattle, swine, chickens, and turkeys) in the United States for years 2016 to 2020. Animal biomass is defined as the population of a given livestock species in the United States multiplied by the average weight of that species. In this method, a biomass…