Bangladesh is set to pass a new rule on the use of antibiotics such as nitrofurans and chloramphenicol in animal feeds after the EU detected the two drugs in freshwater prawn imported from the country. Bangladesh’s livestock and fisheries departments have drafted the Fish and Animal Feed Law to regulate antibiotics use in animal feeds and prevent them from entering the food chain.
Rafiqul Islam, Director General of the Department of Fisheries, said the Parliament’s standing committee on fisheries has reviewed the draft and it is expected to be passed as a law soon. The detection prompted the EU to impose a ban on shrimp exports from Bangladesh. After tracing back the cause of contamination, authorities found that the drugs came from the feed and chicken manure in the water.
Source: Asian Agribusiness Group
