The availability of veterinary pharmaceutical products: proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90

摘要

The proposal for a Regulation for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, who is now under discussion in council expert working groups and in the European Parliament (EP), is presented. The general objective of the proposal is to continue to limit consumer exposure to pharmaceutically active substances intended to be used in veterinary medicinal products for food producing animals and residues thereof in foodstuffs of animal origin through Community procedures. The main items of the Regulation proposal highlight food safety and pharmaceutical drug safety. Apart from adjusting provisions for the fixing of maximum residue limits for pharmaceutically active substances, which are intended for use in veterinary medicinal products, procedures shall be provided for establishing maximum residue limits for substances which are not intended for use in veterinary medicinal products, as well as reference points for action in accordance with EU Regulation 882/2004. The provisions aim at improving the availability of veterinary pharmaceutical products, and - while maintaining a high level of consumer health protection - contribute to a consistent policy in the internal market and at the import from third countries.