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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global human and animal health threat and a food safety issue of primary concern. Governments and international organizations
have recognized that the issue has to be approached in a multidisciplinary manner, addressing animal, plant and human health as well as the environment under the One Health approach.
Foodborne antimicrobial resistance: Compendium of Codex standards
Three Codex texts that support designing and running a strategy to tackle foodborne AMR: a code of practice; guidelines for risk analysis;
and guidelines on integrated monitoring and surveillance of foodborne AMR.
New FAO project on the implementation of Codex standards to support containment
and reduction of foodborne antimicrobial resistance
A leaflet in English, French and Spanish.
How to reduce the use of antibiotics in dairy cattle
This leaflet in English, Russian, Kazakh Armenian and Azerbaijani, will help to increase the awareness on how to reduce the use of antibiotics
in dairy cattle. Intended for dairy farmers and dairy veterinarians, the document lists in a plain but concise language the ten key recommendations related to husbandry and animal health management that will eventually lead to reduction in the need, and therefore
use, of antibiotics in dairy cattle.
How to reduce the use of antibiotics in poultry production
This leaflet, in English, Russian, Kazakh Armenian and Azerbaijani, will help to increase the awareness on how to reduce the use of antibiotics
in poultry production. Intended for poultry farmers and poultry veterinarians, the document lists in a plain but concise language the 11 key recommendations related to husbandry and animal health management that will eventually lead to reduction in the need,
and therefore use, of antibiotics in poultry.
Elementos técnicos y jurídicos para el desarrollo de una política pública referida a la resistencia a los
antimicrobianos en la producción animal
A reference framework for a public policy on AMR and the elements that its design should consider. It argues that regulatory options with
coercive power must comply with the principle of legality.
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