British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary)
The British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) is published as a companion volume to the British Pharmacopoeia. It is published for Ministers on the recommendation of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission in accordance with Section 99(6) of The Medicines Act 1968.
The British Pharmacopoeia Commission believes that the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) contributes significantly to the overall control of the quality of materials used in the practice of veterinary medicine, by providing an authoritative statement of the quality that a product, material or article is expected to meet at any time during its period of use. The Pharmacopoeial standards, which are publicly available and legally enforceable, are designed to complement and assist the licensing and inspection processes and are part of the system for safeguarding animal and human health.
The BP (Vet.) incorporates monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia. The legal basis for the European Pharmacopoeia is the Council of Europe Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia, an international treaty signed initially by 8 member states. Currently 37 countries have acceded to the Convention as individual states and the European Community has also acceded as a supranational body. Other countries (European and non-European) are observers. UK activity is co-ordinated by the BP Commission Secretariat.