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Farm animals antibiotics data raises post-Brexit trade fears – The Guardian

Use of antibiotics on farms in US and Canada about five times the UK level, says report

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Farm animalsUse of antibiotics on farms in US and Canada about five times the UK level, says report
The overuse of antibiotics on farm animals is rife in some of the key countries with which the UK is hoping to strike a post-Brexit trade deal, a new report shows, raising fears that future deals will jeopardise public health and British farming.
The US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada all allow farmers to feed antibiotics routinely to livestock to make them grow faster, and in the US and Canada…

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