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SHARING OPTIONS: The Department says that countries trading with Ireland now expect information on all animal prescriptions in the country to be available and were being challenged on it. \ Donal O'Leary Concerns around the rise of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) are the driving factor behind widescale electronic and regulatory changes to the sale of antibiotics and wormers from January next year. The new EU regulations will mean that farmers will need a prescription from a vet to buy wormer and fluke doses and prescriptions will be issued via text or em...

The Department of Agriculture is examining the option of breaking the link between prescribing and dispensing veterinary medicines in the implementation of a new EU directive which will place restrictions on the sale of certain products. From January 2022, the new laws will require farmers to get prescription from vets to use antiparasitics (eg doses for treating worms/liver fluke) for livestock. Currently, hundreds of trained ‘Responsible Persons’ provide a similar farm drug supply service to farmers at more than 900 licensed merchant and co-op stores and 300 pharmacies nationwide. Speak...

Officials at the department are weighing up the "pros and cons" of only allowing vets prescribe medicines, but not sell them.