Minister But Promises Severe Penalties for Users of Chloramphenicol

Ljubljana, 9 November - All efforts will be made in order to find those responsible for adding the forbidden antibiotic Chloramphenicol to milk and thus causing potential damage to consumers and to the Slovenian agriculture, said Agriculture Minister Franci But on Saturday. The perpetrators will be severely punished, he added during a meeting with representatives of the Slovenian Veterinary Association (VURS) and farmers.