United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 48312
Agriculture: Antibiotics
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12 October 2016
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17 October 2016 · Answer
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Agriculture
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17 October 2016
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the public health danger posed by the use of antibiotics for agricultural purposes.
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12 October 2016
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the public health danger posed by the use of antibiotics for agricultural purposes.
Source: Commons
17 October 2016
Answer
Representatives from Defra sit on the European Medicines Agency’s ad hoc Antimicrobial Expert Group (AMEG). The group is comprised of experts on human and animal health. In 2013, AMEG assessed the risk posed to human health by the use of antibiotics in ve...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-10-12/48312
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/600632
- uk · wq-600632 · source updated 17 October 2016