Use of Antibiotics in Animals is Decreasing in Europe: EFSA

The use of antibiotics has decreased and is now lower in food-producing animals than in humans, says the latest report published by the European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Taking a One Health approach, the report from the three EU agencies presents data on antibiotic consumption and development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Europe for 2016-2018. The significant fall in antibiotic use in food-producing animals suggests that the measures taken at the country level to reduce use are proving…