Summary Description
- Imposes the use of e-prescriptions for antimicrobials.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- AgricultureAnimal healthAntimicrobial resistance
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Farmed animals
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- Spain
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Legislation
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2018
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Real Decreto 191/2018, de 6 de abril, por el que se establece la transmisi�n electr�nica de datos de las prescripciones veterinarias de antibi�ticos destinados a animales productores de alimentos para consumo humano (Spain)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Implements Ley 8/2003, de 24 de abril, de sanidad animal, which requires that operators provide all relevant sanitary information pertaining to the animals they keep by:
- Requiring that e-prescriptions be produced for all antibiotics given to food producing animals as of 1st January 2019.
- Requiring operators to communicate, on a monthly basis, data on prescriptions of antibiotics, in the form of medicated feed or other pharmaceutical forms in food producing animals.
- Implements Ley 8/2003, de 24 de abril, de sanidad animal, which requires that operators provide all relevant sanitary information pertaining to the animals they keep by:
- Weaknesses
- Does not impose stricter regulation on the use of antimicrobials than provided in EU law.
- This applies to prescriptions intended for food-producing animals and does not apply to prescriptions intended for pets.