Cat McLaughlin, Chair of RUMA says: “RUMA is very pleased to see that in a majority vote, members of the European Parliament chose to support…
September 16, 2021
RUMA News
July 26, 2021
RUMA & SfAM conference
In July RUMA and SfAM (Society for Applied Microbiology) teamed up to develop and deliver an online conference entitled, ‘Responsible antibiotic use in animals –…
July 6, 2021
RUMA Conference – 18 November 2021 – tickets now available to purchase
The Responsible use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA), will be hosting its annual conference ‘The responsible use of veterinary medicines – UK and International…
June 25, 2021
RUMA response to misleading reporting on the use of certain antibiotics in the Pig Sector
Cat McLaughlin, Chair of The Responsible use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) says: “We are hugely disappointed to see that data regarding the use…
January 8, 2021
Invitation to tender: Delivering a comms strategy for RUMA
RUMA is seeking professional communications support to maintain its position as the go-to organisation on issues relating to responsible use of medicines across UK agriculture….
December 2, 2020
Response to marginal rise in antibiotic sales for food-producing animals in 2019
Following year-on-year reductions in sales of antibiotics for UK farm animals between 2014 to 2018, there was a slight increase from 29.5 mg/kg in 2018…
November 18, 2020
New antibiotic targets for UK farm animals build on previous success
New targets for the responsible use of antibiotics in UK farm animals over the next four years have been released today, European Antibiotic Awareness Day…
November 16, 2020
New medicine initiative for pets and horses draws on farm livestock learnings
A new cross-sectoral collaboration has been announced to promote the responsible use of medicines in pets and horses. Inspired by the success of the UK…
October 21, 2020
EU continues reductions in farm antibiotic use – with UK still well-placed
Sales of antibiotics for farm animals in Europe have fallen again, signifying a reduction of over a third between 2011 and 2018. The UK retained…
September 26, 2020
UK poultry meat sector still hitting antibiotic use targets
RUMA has welcomed the publication of the British Poultry Council’s ‘Antibiotics Stewardship Report 2020’ containing details of 2019 antibiotic usage data in the UK poultry…