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Within the framework of its activities addressing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the FAO-facilitated Feed Safety Multi-stakeholder Partnership and the FAO Legal Department are gathering information on the use of medicated feed and antibiotics used for growth promotion, as well as on the legislation regulating them.

For FAO/WHO Stakeholder Meeting on 7 January 2019 and Expert Consultation Meeting on 8 to 11 January 2019 – FAO HQ, Rome, Italy. 

18 July 2018, New York/Rome - Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but  serious gaps remain and require  urgent action, according to a report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation

The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) will launch the IFIF Global Animal Nutrition Programme ‘Train the Trainer’ programme in Ghana. Supported by the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the training programme based on the IFIF FAO Feed Manual of Good Practices

The FAO Secretariat of the Feed Safety Multi-stakeholder Partnership is pleased to invite you to a webinar on: AFEX Technology - a promising and safe solution to turn crop residues into nutritious ruminant feed? On Thursday 5 July 2018 from 12:30 – 14:00 (GMT +2) AFEX

Monitoring data from 2016 for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food suggest high rates of compliance. The percentage of non-compliance in targeted samples – i.e. samples taken to detect illegal use or

Antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in global livestock and aquaculture production should be phased out immediately, said the FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, at a high-level UN coordination meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) this week.

30 May 2018, Rome - Antimicrobials are important to safeguard the health of humans and animals, but these medicines need to be used responsibly, including in the agricultural sectors, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at a high-level UN

EFSA has completed its review of the maximum levels of glyphosate that are legally permitted to be present in food. The review is based on data on glyphosate residues in food submitted to EFSA by all EU Member States.

You better get used to it, because you will hear the term NAE, or ‘No Antibiotics Ever’ more often in the future. Perdue Foods, one of the biggest poultry producers in the US has been producing NAE birds for many