Keeping food free from resistant bacteria: European Parliament adopts EU law to cut farm antimicrobi
date:Oct 30, 2018
those antimicrobials which are vital in human medicine.

It is expected that the new law will enter into force in early 2019.

This new EU law is a significant answer to a looming health crisis. As the World Health Organization itself noted, antimicrobial resistance is one of todays biggest global health threats, says BEUC Director-General, Monique Goyens.

EU consumer groups have long been advocating for an end to the routine preventive use of antibiotics in farm animals. Vital antibiotics sh
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