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Kompanije u Europi smanjile upotrebu antibiotika u uzgoju životinja - istraživanje
(Hina/EPA)
Kompanije u Europi smanjile su upotrebu antibiotika u uzgoju životinja za proizvodnju hrane, pokazalo je istraživanje europskih zdravstvenih i agencija za sigurnost hrane.
„Upotreba antibiotika smanjila se i sada je manja kod životinja koje se uzgajaju za hranu nego kod ljudi", objavila je u srijedu Europska agencija za sigurnost hrane (EFSA).
EFSA je u suradnji s Europskom agencijom za lijekove (EMA) i Europskim centrom za prevenciju i kontrolu bolesti (ECDC) analizirala podatke o potrošnji antibiotika od 2016. do 2018. godine.
Uporaba nekih vrsta antibiotika prepolovljena je, pokazalo je njihovo istraživanje.
„To je dobar znak jer pokazuje da su mjere učinkovite i da smo na dobrom putu“, rekao je šef EFSA-e Bernhard Url.
Izvješće otkriva da je upotreba nekih antibiotika kod ljudi i životinja povezana s otpornošću bakterija na te lijekove.
Ta otpornost može biti „krupan globalni zdravstveni problem“, a može i zakočiti gospodarstvo, upozorile su europske agencije.
Utvrđena je tako veza između otpornosti bakterije Campylobacter na antibiotike u životinja i pojave takve otpornosti kod ljudi.
Europa i svijet moraju uložiti više napora u borbu protiv otpornosti na antibiotike, zaključile su agencije EU-a.
Firms are using fewer antibiotics to farm animals used for food production, according to a report by several European health and food authorities.
"Use of antibiotics has decreased and is now lower in food-producing animals than in humans," the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said in a statement on Wednesday.
Together with the European Medicines Authority (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), EFSA analyzed data on the consumption of antibiotics between 2016 and 2018.
According to the report they published jointly, use of some antibiotics classes has halved.
"This is a positive signal because it shows that the measures are effective and we are on the right path," said EFSA chief Bernhard Url.
The report finds that the use of some antibiotics in humans and animals is connected to the resistance of bacteria against those substances.
These resistances can be a "significant global public health problem" and hamper the economy, according to the agencies.
For instance, there was a link between antibiotics resistance of Campylobacter bacteria in animals and a resistance in the same bacteria in humans.
The EU agencies noted that more had to be done to fight antibiotics resistance in Europe and around the world.
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