Stockfarming: prohibition of substances with hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists

The European Parliament adopted the report by Mr COLLINS approving the Commission proposal to ban the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and beta-agonists, subject to five amendments. Parliament called on the Commission to examine the possibility of compiling a positive list so as to control synthetic chemical substances administered to animals for anabolic purposes. In its second major amendment, it called for companies which sell and/or distribute the raw materials used to manufacture substances with a thyrostatic action, oestrogen, androgen, gestagen and beta-agonists, to keep lists of registers detailing, in chronological order, the quantities produced or acquired and the quantities sold or used in the production of pharmaceutical or veterinary products. The European Parliament also called for substances with a thyrostatic action, oestrogen, androgen and gestagen only to be administered to animals by a veterinarian for therapeutic purposes.�