Dealing With Antimicrobial Resistance
Newly released IFT Expert Report elucidates the implications of antimicrobial uses throughout the food system. Here’s a summary.
Availability of a variety of efficacious antimicrobials, antibiotics, food antimicrobial agents, sanitizers, disinfectants, and other substances that can control microorganisms is integral to our complex, macrobiologic ecosystem and interdependent food system. Antimicrobials provide for high quality or good physical condition of crops, good health of food animals entering the food chain, and effective sanitation during food processing.
The inherent ability of microorganisms to mutate and adapt t…
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