UK supermarkets move to cut antibiotic use in farming

Iceland, Asda and Aldi lag behind but other major retailers make good progress

Most of the UK's leading supermarket chains are making "significant progress" in reducing antibiotics in farming, but Iceland, Asda and Aldi have been named as falling behind in a new study.

Iceland was found to be the only major chain to have no publicly available policies on antibiotic use in its supply chain and no strategy in place to reduce the use of the vital medicines.