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…
December 2, 2020
RUMA News
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…
June 1, 2020
Pig antibiotic use results show value of accurate data
RUMA has welcomed the fourth annual release of antibiotic usage data from the UK pig sector, published by AHDB, which shows that use in 2019…
March 6, 2020
New leaders to steer RUMA through ‘emerging challenges’
Catherine (Cat) McLaughlin has been elected new chair of RUMA, the UK agriculture and food industry alliance which promotes responsible use of medicines in farm…
January 31, 2020
New antibiotics advice highlights need for range of veterinary antibiotics to treat disease
New scientific advice issued this week (28 January) by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on risk categorisation of antibiotics for use in animals has been…
October 31, 2019
VIDEO: Third RUMA conference faces up to new challenges
The third biennial RUMA conference held at Sainsbury’s Conference Centre in central London celebrated success, but also examinined some weighty challenges ahead, including resistance to…
October 30, 2019
Targets update shows further progress towards farm antibiotic goals – but with more to do
Two years after industry-led targets for antibiotic use were identified for all main farm livestock species in the UK, a second annual review of progress…