Editing Veal (section)

===Drug use===
[[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) regulations do not permit the use of hormones on veal calves for any reason. They do, however, permit the use of antibiotics in veal raising to treat or prevent disease.<ref name=fsisusda /><ref name="vealfarmQA" />

In 2004, the USDA expressed concern that the use of illegal drugs might be widespread in the veal industry.<ref name="USATODAY"/> In 2004, a USDA official found a lump on a veal calf in a Wisconsin veal farm, which turned out to be an illegal hormone implant.<ref name=USATODAY>{{cite news|last=Weise |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-03-28-veal-usat_x.htm |title=Illegal hormones found in veal calves|newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=March 28, 2004 |access-date= 2013-08-12}}</ref> In 2004, the USDA stated that "[[Penicillin]] is not used in calf raising: [[tetracycline]] has been approved, but is not widely used."<ref name=fsisusda />