'Save Our Antibiotics' Alliance Formed

An alliance between Compassion in World Farming, Sustain, and The Soil Association has been formed to help Save Our Antibiotics. The alliance recently welcomed a joint letter on the misuse of antimicrobial from the British Medical Association (BMA) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

Joyce D'Silva of Compassion in World Farming said: "We welcome the letter from the BVA and BMA urging all vets and doctors to use these medicines critical to human and animal health more responsibly. Unfortunately in the UK, as in Europe and across the world, antibiotics are still being given to healthy animals as a cheap insurance policy against possible disease, often in the feed or drink of whole herds and flocks of livestock. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers