Online petition to stop EU legislation on veterinary medicines

The European Commission has submitted a regulation amending the pharmaceutical legislation for animals. This law would i.a. enormously complicating the future use of complementary medicinal products in veterinary medicine. The German veterinary practitioner associations have therefore developed an online petition to prevent the law. Join in!

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The EU's objective is to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock, to increase the availability of medicines for animals and to contribute to food safety. Their problem is their plan that animals in the future may only be approved or registered as veterinary drugs. These would have to be approved or registered for each species. That would put the manufacturers of complementary medical veterinary medicines in greatest distress because you could not afford the necessary costs.

The draft also foresees that each Member State will be able to prescribe all medicines for use in food-producing animals in the future. Tierheilpraktiker could handle it no more livestock.

The German veterinary practitioner associations have prepared an online petition in which they ask the federal government not to agree to the draft in its current version. This petition can be found here. It will require 50,000 signatures. Make until 24.02. with and inform your colleagues. (Pm)