EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STRENGTHENS EU PROPOSED LAW ON VETERINARY DRUG CONTROLS

A proposed new European Union (EU) regulation governing the use of antibiotics on animals has been welcomed with caution by farmers, medical practitioners and medicinal suppliers, after MEPs backed the law yesterday (Wed Feb 17). The European Parliament’s environment, public health and food safety committee backed beefed up measures designed to tackle the alarming growth of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within livestock to anti-bacterials. Members overwhelmingly backed amendments toughening original proposals made by the European Commission in 2014, including ...


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