Ahead of yesterday’s debate in the Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) committee on the European Parliament resolution regarding antimicrobial resistance, a cross-party amendment was tabled that “Invites the member States to consider restricting veterinarians from, in non-acute cases, selling veterinary medicines directly to farmers and other animal owners, thus reducing the incentive to prescribe more antimicrobials than needed.”
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Vets’ bodies see off attempt to restrict medicines sales
THE British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) have successfully seen off an attempt by MEPs to restrict the ability of vets to sell veterinary medicines directly to farmers and other animal owners.
