EU Ban on Antibiotic Use in Animals Wake-up Call for India
In a landmark move that can reduce antibiotics use in farming significantly, the European Parliament on October 25th approved a ban on preventive mass medication in animals using antibiotics or other drugs. This new legislation, targeted to bring down the overuse of antibiotics in animal production and ultimately halt the spread of drug resistance from animals to humans, was passed by over 97 per cent of the European Parliament.This can empower the European Commission to reserve specific antimicrobials for treating humans only, and ensure that imported food meets EU standards. The legislation, that has a provision to incentivise research on ....
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