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This is one of the contentious points in trade between the USA and the EU: The EU does not allow preventive antibiotic use, but the USA does. Same for growth
by hyperman1 5y ago
This is one of the contentious points in trade between the USA and the EU: The EU does not allow preventive antibiotic use, but the USA does. Same for growth hormones. As a result, USA meat can not be imported in the EU. USA claims this is foul play, protectionism, against WTO rules.
Now the EU does allow curative antibiotic usage on animals, so I wonder if this is actually such a big difference. If a vet prescribes antibiotics for the slightest reason, there might not be much changed in reality.
- Fomite 5y agoThis is certainly a problem when banning antibiotics for growth promotion, but allowing the prophylactic use of antibiotics. Any animal in the type of farm looking for growth promotion is at risk for a bacterial infection basically all the time.