Antibiotic resistance: government accepts the recommendations from the ACMSF. Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food.

Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (acmsf) Recent Trends in Listeriosis in the Uk

Importance of Listeria monocytogenes in food safety: a review of its prevalence, detection, and antibiotic resistance

Listeria monocytogenes, as a foodborne pathogenic bacterium, is considered as major causative agent responsible for serious diseases in both humans and animals. Milk and dairy products are among the main sources of energy supply in the human, therefore contamination of these products with Listeria spp., especially L. monocytogenes, could lead to life threatening infec...

Response from The Institute of Food Research to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) consultation on draft risk profile in relation to Toxoplasma in the food chain

1. Symptomatic toxoplasmosis should be made notifiable A primary consideration is the burden of disease caused by Toxoplasma in the UK. The report concludes that there are not sufficient data to assess the burden of disease due to toxoplasmosis in the UK, but that it will probably not be significantly different from the assessments made in the USA and the Netherlands. The paper (cited in the re...

Antimicrobial resistance pattern of citrobacter species isolated from food outbreaks

Background:   Foodborne diseases and resistance to antimicrobial agents are two of the world's most widespread global issues. Also, the excessive use of antibiotics has led to the resistance of bacteria belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae family to antibiotics, especially in carbapenems. Citrobacter is an opportunistic bacterium that is resistant to antibiotics in the emerging bacteria and has ...

Regulation of veterinary antibiotics in Australia.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)* registers veterinary antibiotic products before they can be supplied, distributed or sold in Australia. Extensive scientific assessment on all new veterinary antibiotic products is undertaken for the APVMA by experts in other government agencies including the Therapeutic Goods Administration (toxicology), the National Occupat...