nontherapeutic
Adjective
Meaning
Not therapeutic
Unrelated to medical treatment
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals.
During 2007, two federal bills (S. 549 citation and H.R. 962 citation ) aimed at phasing out "nontherapeutic" antibiotics in U.S. food animal production.
Two federal bills (S.742 and H.R. 2562 ) aimed at phasing out nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in US food animals were proposed, but have not passed.