FAO/WHO (in collaboration with OIE) expert meeting on foodborne AMR. Role of environment, crops and biocides – Summary report. June 2018

FAO/WHO (in collaboration with OIE) expert meeting on foodborne AMR. Role of environment, crops and biocides – Summary report. June 2018

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher FAO ; WHO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Meeting symbol N/A

Meeting Session Number 87

Meeting date 4 - 13 June 2019

Meeting location Rome, Italy

Language English

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

Book (series)

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting in collaboration with OIE on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance: Role of the Environment, Crops and Biocides
Meeting report
2019

Also available in:

No results found.

Responding to the request from the 39th Session Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) and the ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TFAMR) for information about antimimcrobial resistance, this report provides scientific advice on the subject derived from a joint “FAO/WHO expert meeting on foodborne antimicrobial resistance: role of environment, crops and biocides” on 11-15 June 2018 in Rome, Italy. There is clear scientific evidence that foods of plant origin may serve as a vehicle of foodborne exposure to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Aquaculture products can also carry bacteria that are resistant to medically important antimicrobials. As such, concerted efforts should be made to mitigate their contamination at all stages of the food chain, from production to consumption. Notably, antimicrobials should only be used in crop production according to label guidelines in the context of integrated pest management strategies. To improve food safety, best management practices should be adhered to with respect to the use of human and animal wastes for soil amendment purposes and for the prevention of environmental contamination where aquatic animals are raised for food. Foods of plant and aquatic animal origin food incorporated in to integrated surveillance plans for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) monitoring. Because of the theoretical potential for disinfecting chemical to co-select for AMR, biocides should be used according to manufacturers’ recommendations.
Document

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), Eighty-sixth meeting. Geneva, 12–21 June 2018. Summary and conclusions 2018

Also available in:

No results found.
Meeting

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Eighty-seventh meeting. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. Issued 26 June 2019
Rome, Italy, 4–13 June 2019
2019

Also available in:

No results found.

Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.