Legislation
- Title
- Agriculture - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs - Limitations and Reporting Requirements
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Love, Acevero, Boyce, Brooks, Carr, Cullison, Ebersole, Gilchrist, Kelly, Lafferty, Lehman, R. Lewis, Lierman, Lisanti, Moon, Palakovich Carr, Solomon, Stewart, Terrasa, Valderrama, and K. Young
- Status
- Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 678
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Prohibiting the administration of a medically important antimicrobial drug in feed or water to cattle, swine, or poultry unless ordered by a licensed veterinarian through a certain prescription or a veterinary feed directive; exempting dairy cattle on a farm operation with a herd size of fewer than 300 dairy cattle; requiring the Department of Agriculture, by January 1, 2021, to adopt regulations prohibiting the routine administration of a medically important antimicrobial drug to dairy cattle entering a dry cycle except in certain cases; etc.
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3-1001 through 3-1005, 3-1006 )
Last Updated: 2/3/2020 2:30 PM