European parliament approves curbs on use of antibiotics on farm animals

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Source: The Guardian

European parliament approves curbs on use of antibiotics on farm animals

Move is aimed at halting the spread of ‘superbugs’ resistant to medical treatment

Arthur Neslen in Brussels
Thu 25 Oct 2018 15.22 BST

The European parliament has approved a suite of restrictions on the use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals in a bid to halt the spread of “superbugs” resistant to medical treatment.

Europe’s animals consume more antibiotics than humans on average, often via livestock feeds on factory farms, where farmers routinely use them as a prophylactic against the occurrence or spread of disease.

But with at least 25,000 people dying across Europe every year from antimicrobial-resistant infections, scientists have warned that without reform, routine medical interventions could soon become impossible.

The new legislation, which will become law by 2022, bans the use of human reserve antibiotics in veterinary medicine and the use of unprescribed animal antimicrobials.

Vets will have to provide data on volume and sales of antimicrobial medicines, and imported foods will need to meet EU standards, particularly on growth enhancement.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/25/european-parliament-approves-curbs-on-use-of-antibiotics-on-farm-animals

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1. One of the biggest issues I have with the new NAFTA Trump forced on us in Canada

It's illegal for Canadian dairy farmers to use Growth hormones or antibiotics. We won't be able to tell if the milk products we're getting from the States has this crap in it. I don't even know if origin labels will be required on the stuff coming from there.

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