Official controls on animals and products of animal origin in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials

Reference A9-0195/2021Committee ENVIFood and agriculture Consumer protection

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The Left39

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Greens/EFA73

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The European Parliament adopted by 687 votes to 2, with 2 abstentions, amendments to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards official controls on animals and products of animal origin exported from third countries to the Union to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials.The matter has been referred back to the committee responsible for inter-institutional negotiations.The proposal under discussion is to amend the Regulation on official controls to cover verification of compliance with the rules on the prudent use of antimicrobials, which is the only effective way of ensuring that imports of animals and animal products from third…