Joint FAO/WHO/OIE Expert Meeting on Critically Important Antimicrobials
08/09/2016
A Joint FAO/WHO/OIE Expert Meeting on Critically Important Antimicrobials was held from 26 to 30 November 2007 in Rome, Italy. The meeting was convened as a continuation of the consultative process on antimicrobial resistance, arising from non-human use of antimicrobials in food-producing animal species, that was implemented jointly by the three Organizations in 2003 following recommendations of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 2001 to discuss issues related to the use of antimicrobials in agriculture (including aquaculture) and veterinary medicine, taking into account the joint role played by antimicrobials as essential human and veterinary medicines.