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Topics and Briefing Documents
HEALTH AND WELFARE
CONTROLS ON ANIMAL MEDICINES
ANTIBIOTICS
ANIMALS IN RESEARCH
ORGANOPHOSPHATES
SAFETY OF FOOD & RESIDUES
VACCINES
ADVERTISING
ADVERSE REACTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
CONSUMER ATTITUDES
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Veterinary Regulatory Review
The EU Commission has been looking at ways to make the stringent
approval procedures for medicines - both human and animal - work more efficiently. Animal
medicine manufacturers have been working with the Commission, the veterinary profession
and both farm and animal health organisations, with the aim of using this opportunity to
improve the availability of medicines to keep farm animals and pets healthy.
Much has already been achieved, but at the eleventh hour, and without
consultation, the Commission has introduced a new clause to force every medicine for
food-producing animals to be classified as a Prescription-Only Medicine (POM), available
only on veterinary prescription. This would destroy the long established and highly
effective UK system, under which farmers and horse owners are able to purchase certain
routine medicines from their local trained and qualified merchant or saddler.
The final proposals from the Commission have now been sent to the European Parliament
and Council of Ministers. These proposals will be debated in parallel (under the
"Co-Decision Procedure") by these two bodies.
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