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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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> If this case is true why In the EU where Fumagillin is not registered or allowed?

It has been used in bees since the 1950s. The ban on Fumagillin is relatively recent. I don't have the exact dates but 

> The EU banned all sub-therapeutic antibiotic growth promoters in animal feed beginning in January 2006. Prior to that only three nations had imposed bans on their own: Sweden (’86); Denmark (’98); and Switzerland (’99). 

There has been widespread cheating in any case. 

> German regulators found hundreds of cases of misuse of antibiotics by veterinary clinics, many of whom receive 80 percent of their revenues from the sale of antibiotics

http://www.globalization101.org/regulating-antibiotics-in-animals

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