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UIN 48312

Agriculture: Antibiotics

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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12 October 2016

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17 October 2016 · Answer

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Answered

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Agriculture

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17 October 2016

Agriculture

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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  1. 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

  2. 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...

    Source: Written answer

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