TABLE 4.

Some antibiotics prohibited from use in food animals.

Antibiotics	Countries	Time
All antibiotics as growth promoters	The European Union countries	2006
Lincomycin hydrochloride, virginiamycin, oleandomycin, and procaine penicillin	The United States	2016
Chloramphenicol, clenbuterol, diethylstilbestrol, dimetridazole, ipronidazole/other nitroimidazoles, furazolidone/nitrofurazone, sulfonamide, fluoroquinolones, glycopeptides, phenylbutazone, and cephalosporins	FDA	2017
11 Antibiotics (including bacitracin zinc, flavomycin, virginiamycin, nosiheptide, avilamycin, kitasamycin, oxytetracycin calcium, aureomycin, enlamycin, bacitracin methylene disalicylate, and quinolone premix	China	2020