Question 10716 — breeding

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Mrs Delphine Batho questions the Minister of Agriculture and Food on the use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes in agricultural livestock. France promotes prudent and reasoned use of antibiotics, particularly since the latest Ecoantibio 2017-2021 plan, one of the axes of which is to develop measures to prevent infectious diseases and facilitate the use of alternative treatments. For some farmers, essential oils represent an excellent compromise responding to the medical difficulties they may encounter with their livestock. These also ensure better production, improved health of their animals but also significant financial savings. However, essential oils are considered veterinary medicines and must therefore comply with the veterinary pharmacy regulations. Currently, very few plant-based veterinary medicinal products have a marketing authorization (MA). Veterinarians who wish to treat an animal with aromatherapy often resort to prescribing extemporaneous preparations and must justify that the use of essential oils is due to the absence of a pharmaceutical specialty available. or adapted. Therefore, in the particular case of livestock, maximum residue limits (MRLs) should be defined for all substances administered via a veterinary medicinal product. However, the absence of MRLs for many plants has been identified as a major obstacle to obtaining marketing authorization for plant-based medicines intended for food-producing animals. Also, she would like to know the measures that the Government intends to take to enable the development of essential oils as alternatives to antibiotics.

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