Danish minister for food, agriculture and fisheries Mette Gjerskov said: “The new rules provide an incentive to make sure that medicine is given only to individual animals in need of treatment, and not to the entire herd as a matter of course. This is a significant step in the further reduction of the use of antimicrobials in farming. This is a very important part of the fight against antimicrobial resistance, which is a serious threat to human health.”
The Danish government said the agreement was an extension of earlier agreements on animal welfare and on the reduction of excessive antimicrobial use.