25/05/2026
Bira is calling on the government to halt plans that could remove common flea treatments from pet shop shelves, warning the move would damage high street businesses and leave pet owners facing higher costs.
Andrew Goodacre, CEO of Bira, said: โIndependent pet shops are community assets. They provide knowledgeable, affordable, accessible service to pet owners, often for routine products that owners have relied on for years. Removing flea treatments from their shelves, through a regulatory process that has involved no retail impact assessment and no meaningful consultation with our sector, is simply wrong.โ
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