Agriculture: Antibiotics
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the trends in antibiotic usage in the UK agricultural sector over the most recent five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 6th July 2018
The latest data from 2016 shows that antibiotic sales in the UK agricultural sector had fallen to 45mg/kg; this figure represents a 32% reduction over the last five years.
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
mg/kg | 66 | 62 | 62 | 56 | 45 |