The representatives of the EU institutions agreed a compromise in Brussels on Tuesday 5 June on the regulation on veterinary medicines, the principal objective being reducing the use of antibiotics on farms (see EUROPE 11930 and 11509).
“This is a major step forward for public health”, said rapporteur Françoise Grossetête (EPP, France). Thanks to this law, “we will be able to reduce the consumption of antibiotics on livestock farms, an important source of resistance that is then...