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“The increasing occurrence and spread of bacterial resistance against antimicrobials reported in recent years is today considered a major risk by the international community, requiring commitment from the whole of society. Antimicrobial resistance is indeed a challenge, endangering human health, animal health and also animal welfare.”
“According to an OIE study, in more than 110 of the 130 countries questioned, there is a lack of comprehensive and relevant legislation regulating the conditions for import, manufacture, distribution and use of veterinary medicines, including antimicrobials. Consequently, these products are often freely sold and their use is unsupervised by animal health professionals. The lack of quality controls for these products is also a cause for concern indeed, a study in 2012 showed that, in more than 22% of countries with legislation on veterinary medicines, quality control of such medicines had not been included in the legislation.”
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