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Regulation of Medicated Animal Feed

Summary

A proposal to regulate the manufacture and use of medicated feed in the EU to improve safety and fight antibiotic resistance.
10 07.01.2019
Other
health
environment
agri-foodstuffs
agriculture, forestry and fisheries

Key points

  • Harmonization of EU-wide standards for the production and sale of medicated feed to replace existing directives.
  • Strict prohibition of using antibiotics in medicated feed for growth promotion or as a substitute for good animal husbandry.
  • Establishment of maximum limits for the transfer of active substances into non-target feed to protect the food chain.
  • Requirement for a valid veterinary prescription to ensure that medicated feed is used only under professional supervision.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed and repealing Council Directive 90/167/EEC Manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed ***I
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