When I started to work for the pharmaceutical industry back in 1985, the first real issue that came my way was the restriction that governmental institutes wanted to impose on the admission of certain medicines to the veterinary market Hormones to improve meat quality and to increase bodyweight of cattle, and the admission of certain antibiotic preparations are just some examples. The famous Swan report on the use of antibiotics is still the main symbol of this era that was filled with lots of discussions but did not lead to any action except for the EU ban on antibiotics used for growth promotion. Also the growth promoting hormones, used in cattle, were banned by the EU but without much discussion and for pure economic reasons. In 1986 we already had large agricultural intervention schemes in place and we simply did not need more meat.
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