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EU adopts four-year farm animal welfare strategy
23 January 2012

The European Commission has adopted a four-year strategy to improve further the welfare of food animals in the European Union in the 2012-2015 period. The latest strategy builds on the 2006-10 policy, which was the first of its kind in Europe. Officials say the new policy will have two ...

China bans use of feed additive ractopamine
11 January 2012

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced that the country has banned the production and sale of the feed additive ractopamine. The product is used to promote lean meat growth in food animals. The ban became effective on December 5, 2011, according to a document posted ...

FDA to restrict cephalosporin use in livestock
06 January 2012

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an order prohibiting off-label and preventative uses of cephalosporins in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys. The agency is taking the step to help preserve the efficacy of these antibiotics in the treatment of infections in humans. By banning certain ...

French vets to cut antibiotic use
23 December 2011

French veterinary unions have agreed to reduce the quantity of antibiotics their members prescribe ahead of the introduction of a government plan to lower antibiotic use nationwide. The French Federation of Veterinary Syndicates (FSVF) says it will focus on reducing the prescription of oral ...

UK plans heavy spend on bovine TB strategy
16 December 2011

The United Kingdom plans to spend £20 billion ($30 billion) over next five years to look into potential vaccines to tackle the country's worsening bovine TB problem among cattle. The British Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman revealed the information as she unveiled a Defra package of bovine ...

 
Keep it simple – making positive changes to EU vet legislation is a chance not to be missed
29 March 2011

The regulatory burden on animal health companies filing applications for product approvals in Europe is immense, perhaps unsustainably so. Indeed, the administrative costs for manufacturers operating in the EU are so great that companies often cannot make a business case to market their products in ...

Vet2011: World Veterinary Year
08 February 2011

January 24 th 2011 saw the launch of World Veterinary Year (Vet2011), an initiative that started in France but has become a worldwide operation, involving 120 countries, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) , the Food and Agriculture ...

Rescue dogs feature in 2011 European Pet Night
07 February 2011

European Pet Night, the annual IFAH-Europe event held to highlight the essential roles that companion animals play in society, featured the work of rescue dogs at the 2011 event, the sixth in the annual series. The evening saw EU decision-makers, animal health industry representatives, ...

 
 
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