In April of this year in the UK, there will be new regulations in relation to the control of internet pharmacies that supply veterinary medicines.
Commenting, Harvey Locke, President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) said: ‘Without proper regulation online pharmacies could be sourcing drugs from overseas and selling counterfeit medicines that look genuine to unsuspecting pet owners. These medicines are placebos at best and dangerous at worst”
Recently I was looking at maybe having to switch one of our dogs onto a veterinary diet, and although I order my everyday dog food online, this would have to be bought from a veterinary practice. I’m sure there are good reasons for this, but I don’t think that if this was available from the normal outlets people would feed it to their dogs just for the fun of it, after all it is more expensive. Surely if it was available and you had written confirmation from your vet that your dog was in need of this food , then you should be able to order online etc from approved stockist’s with the approved logo, as per the quote hereunder.
“the BVA supports the use of a logo on approved websites to help consumers buy medicines from reputable sources”
Would love to hear your comments re same.
