Antimicrobial sales reported a decline between 2015 and 2016, with domestic sales and distribution of all antimicrobials decreasing by 10% and domestic sales and distribution of medically important antimicrobials decreasing by 14%. Between 2009 and 2015, overall sales volumes increased annually, according to the latest report published by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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FDA released a summary report for 2016 on “Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food Producing Animals” on December 7.
For the first time since FDA started collecting sales data in 2009, the year-over-year sales of antimicrobials have reported a decline.
Last year, estimated sales and distribution of medically important drugs were broken down as follows for the major livestock classifications: Cattle 43%; Swine 37%; Chickens 6% and Other Species/Unknown 4%.
Medically important antimicrobials accounted for 60% of the domestic sales.
