MEPS CALL FOR CONTROLS RESTRICTING AVALABILITY OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS TO LIVESTOCK SECTOR
November 1st, 2012 BY KEITH NUTHALL A MOTION from the European Parliament's health committee has called on the European Commission to introduce tough new controls, restricting the availability of new third and fourth generation antibiotics to the livestock sector. Passed unanimously, the motion said meat industry antibiotic use was still too widespread and continued to promote immunity to antibiotics amongst bacteria that could cause seriously damaging health problems in humans. It said the European Union (EU) executive should devise a legislative proposal "for the veterinary ...
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