Antimicrobial resistance and the activities of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Assuring food safety: the complementary tasks and standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization specifically recognises the international standards developed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). OIE standards focus on animal health and zoonoses and those of the CAC on food safety, but since zoonoses can affect food safety, it is ...

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Clone in Swine, Europe

tional trade of food products and live animals. Large international corporations may also affect international trade. For example, McDonald’s Corporation has issued a global policy for antimicrobial drug use in food animals that specifies requirements for their food product suppliers. Local groceries or supermarkets may also impose their own standards nationally. We are aware of only 1 product ...

Integrating animal health surveillance and food safety: the issue of antimicrobial resistance.

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in commensal, zoonotic and pathogenic bacteria from humans, animals and food is an essential source of information when formulating measures to improve food safety. International organisations (the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Codex Alimentarius C...

Original: French GLOBAL ACTION TO ALLEVIATE THE THREAT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ‘ONE HEALTH’ INITIATIVE

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is actively working on the topic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and has developed a coherent strategy for its activities in this field. As AMR is both an animal health and human health issue, the OIE works closely with its Member Countries, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and...

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, Corporate Influence, and International Trade: A Perspective on FDA's Global Role.