In the past few years, the Food and Drug Administration has taken action against large animal practitioners for the extra-label use of Chloramphenicol in food producing animals. As a drug that is known to cause a type of fatal blood dycrasia in humans, what federal act is this action directly in violation of?

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As a drug that is known to cause a type of fatal blood dycrasia in humans, it is a violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to use Chloramphenicol in food producing animals.

In the Past Few Years, the Food and Drug Administration