BILL NUMBER:  SB 835
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2014




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 835 without my signature.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates
conservatively that at least two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths
are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States each
year.  Scientists around the world are warning that we are
over-using these life-saving medicines in both human medicine and to
raise animals.

SB 835 would codify a voluntary Federal Drug Administration standard
that phases-out antibiotic use for growth promotion. Codifying these
standards is�unnecessary since most major animal producers have
already pledged to go beyond the FDA standard.

More needs to be done to understand and reduce our reliance on
antibiotics.

To that end, I am directing the Department of Food and Agriculture to
work with the Legislature to find new and effective ways to reduce
the unnecessary antibiotics used for livestock and poultry.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.