Keeping food free from resistant bacteria: European Parliament adopts EU law to cut farm antimicrobi
date:Oct 30, 2018
ncreasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

To help tackle antimicrobial resistance, the law would empower the European Commission to select antimicrobials to be reserved only for treating humans.

As advocated by MEPs, the text also imposes that imported foodstuffs will have to meet EU standards and that antibiotics cannot be used to enhance the growth of animals.

The agree
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