TASMANIAN SALMON FARMING EMERGENCY LICENCE FOR ANTIBIOTIC FLORFENICOL ‘UNACCEPTABLE’
ABC News - Daniel Miller
5 March 2026
Australia's veterinary medicine regulator has revoked the Tasmanian salmon industry's use of the florfenicol antibiotic "on the basis of unacceptable risk of residue exposure" to other species.
In a statement on Thursday morning, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) said the industry had been "advised that the permit has been suspended and that the product can no longer be used under the provisions of the permit".