The large and expanding use of antimicrobials in livestock, a consequence of growing global demand for animal protein, is of considerable concern in light of the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Use of antimicrobials in animals has been linked to drug-resistant infections in animals (1) and humans (2). In September 2016, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly recognized the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in animals as a leading cause of rising AMR. In September 2018, the interagency group established by the UN Secretary General will report on progress in the global response to AMR, including antimicrobial consumption in animals. We provide a baseline to monitor efforts to reduce antimicrobial use and assess how three global policies might curb antimicrobial consumption in food animal production: (i) enforcing global regulations to cap antimicrobial use, (ii) adherence to nutritional guidelines leading to reduced meat consumption, and (iii) imposing a global user fee on veterinary antimicrobial use.
Good thing we've moved on to eating insects.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Sunday October 01 2017, @08:33PM (1 child)
They should do this kind of thing with veggies, etc: tax the hell out of crap processed food and use those tax revenues to make veggies/organic foods cheaper.
And tax the hell out of pop and crap foods to subsidize the Canadian healthcare system: bugs me to no end when you see heavily obese people loading up shopping carts with cans and six packs of pop and crap 'ding dongs', etc, when they can barely walk and can't breath well. Why should my taxes pay for their healthcare when THEY don't care about their OWN health.
JUST sayin'.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 02 2017, @03:42AM
There is a sportsball and ding dongs culture in Canada? If it is even happening there we need to consider there is something natural that makes people like this type of thing. Perhaps they are stuck in "winter is coming" mode all the time. In that case the problem is to get them out of that mode. I think the real issue is lack of info about basic human physiology, which leads to impotent theories about what is going on.