August 27, 2009
UK enacts medicated feed rules
The UK has enacted a Veterinary Medicines legislation, which will force thousands of small poultry producers there to change the way they worm their flocks.
Under the law, medicated feed supplements that need to be mixed in greater than 30kg of animal feed can no longer be supplied to veterinary practices, pharmacists, or animal health retailers for them to sell.
Individuals and companies must also be approved and registered to mix medicines into feed.
Registered retailers are also only able to sell medicated pre-mixtures for mixing into more than 30kg of feed to customers who are specifically registered with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to mix these into animal feed.
