Medications Seized from Sheikh’s Farm Overseas

Products unauthorized for use in the UK were seized from a farm housing the Maktoum family’s endurance horses.
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Great Britain’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has seized 124 veterinary medicinal products not authorized for use in the United Kingdom from a farm in Newmarket, England, housing endurance horses owned by the Maktoum family, the Racing Post reported Sept. 10.

Defra was acting on behalf of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the agency responsible for issues concerning the use and manufacture of veterinary medicines in Britain. According to the Racing Post, the products were found at Moorley Farm East, near Dalham Hall Stud.

The seizure notice was posted on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate website, issued under regulation 41 of Veterinary Medicines Regulations. It read:

"(At) Moorley Farm East, Newmarket. 124 veterinary medicinal products were seized because they were not authorized in the UK and had not been imported into the UK in accordance with the regulations. These medicines, in varying quantities, were to be used on horses and included injectables, anaesthetics, anti-inflammatories, and antibiotics

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Winner of the 2011 Eclipse Award for Feature/Commentary and the 2008 Louisville Metro Journalism Award for Sports Writing, Claire Novak has melded her love for human-interest journalism and the equine breed into a successful Turf writing career. Since her first freelance article on racing was published at BloodHorse.com in 2005, her byline has appeared in the New York Times, ESPN The Magazine, and on ESPN.com, among others. She lives near Lexington and, when not writing about racing, can often be found jumping her Thoroughbred, Bob.

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