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known where this rumour originates or if it is false. The EU
has regulated the use of coccidiostats in regulation No
1831/2003. It does work towards a revision of the regulation,
in which the use of feed additives is outlined, as well as the
use of coccidiostats.
MEP Annie Schreijer-Pierik (CDA) thinks it is important
that broiler farmers in the EU can keep using coccidiostats
in feed. When the draft for the European One Health Action
Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was written,

รูปที่ 1 ปัจจุบันสหภาพยุโรปยังกำาหนดให้ยากันบิด
เป็นวัตถุเติมอาหารสัตว์
Figure 1 At this stage the European Union is on
a course to keep coccidiostats as a feed
additive.
แหล่งภาพ/Photo: Fabian Brockötter

Surely, entrepreneurs that chose
to participate in AB free chains
must be ok economically?
“The economic sustainability is also
lacking. Entrepreneurs that produce poultry
in an AB free chain do receive a higher
selling price for their animals, but they also
have to deal with a much higher purchase
price. Furthermore, we have seen the price
difference between AB free chains and
regular chains decrease more and more
over the last few years. This has to do with
the difficult carcass balance of poultry in
AB free chains.”

Consumer demand for poultry
from an AB free chain is
obviously large. Would it not be
better to just accept this form of
production?
“It very much remains the question whether
this is truly what consumers want. We find
that many consumers are confused. This
is corroborated by research. It appears that
many consumers think that regular chicken
contains antibiotics and hormones. That is
why they choose meat with the label AB
free. As far as we are concerned, the use
of antibiotics for sick animals should not be
a part of marketing around poultry meat. It
is better to let the consumer choose for
animal welfare and sustainability. These
are subjects that broiler farmers can
actually use.”
There is a persistent rumour that
coccidiostats will be phased out. It is not

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