End antimicrobial growth promotion and routine prophylactic use in food production
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Prohibit medically important antimicrobials for growth promotion and routine group prophylaxis while preserving supervised treatment for animals that are genuinely ill.
China
SuccessGovernment of China, veterinary authorities and food-animal producers · National
China banned colistin as a growth-promoting feed additive in 2017 after plasmid-mediated mcr-1 resistance was identified in animals, food and people. Researchers compared colistin use, resistant Escherichia coli and mcr…
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Denmark
PartialDanish government, livestock sectors and DANMAP partners · National
Denmark progressively ended antimicrobial growth promotion, beginning with specific products and followed by voluntary and regulatory withdrawal across major pig and poultry production. DANMAP (Danish Integrated Antimic…
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