Food & Farming. One Health
"The use of antimicrobials in animals contributes to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial‑resistant pathogens that can be transmitted to humans through food, the environment, and direct contact."
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This category is centered on the One Health principle, which recognizes the deep interconnection between the health of people, animals, and their shared environment, particularly in the context of food production.
It focuses on the use of antimicrobials in animal farming and agriculture, and contributes to insights into how practices in these sectors contribute to the development and spread of AMR and can be avoided. The scope extends across the entire food supply chain, from sustainable farming methods that reduce the need for antibiotics, to food safety issues such as product recalls due to bacterial contamination. This category addresses the critical pathways through which resistance can travel from farms and fields to our communities.
Antibiotics play a significant role in agriculture and farming, particularly within the broader context of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the “One Health” approach. In farming, antibiotics are used not only to treat infections in animals but also, historically, for growth promotion and disease prevention. This widespread use has contributed to the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can transfer from animals to humans through direct contact, the food chain, and the environment.
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View allFor 20 years, Listeria has caused more U.S. food recalls than anything else.
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The products that keep showing up are the ones people eat straight from the pack: deli meats, potato and pasta salads, bagged greens, cut fruit and vegetables, frozen RTE meals. The slicer, the dicer, the conveyor, the packaging machine. It can go into the wash bath for produce, be sprayed on before packaging or freezing, or be mixed straight into the recipe when the product has no defined surface, like a dip or pasta salad. The recall numbers, the five RTE categories with the most Listeria recalls, and both shelf-life charts are all on one spec sheet you can keep.Nearly One in Three Pets Received Antibiotics at Veterinary Teaching Hospitals, New Study Finds
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A study published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine examined antibiotic prescribing practices across 31 veterinary teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada. While many of these prescriptions were undoubtedly medically appropriate, the researchers identified several areas where prescribing practices could potentially be improved, particularly when it came to surgical prophylaxis, urinary tract infections, and the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Surgery Remains a Major Opportunity for Better Antibiotic Use Surgical procedures represented one of the most common reasons antibiotics were prescribed, accounting for 27.3% of the recorded clinical indications associated with antibiotic use. The decline in prescribing between the 2020 and 2022 surveys is encouraging, but the findings also demonstrate why continued monitoring and education are necessary.Food safety innovation from detection to prevention
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A laboratory result can identify an unwanted substance in food without answering the question that matters most to a producer: what should happen to the batch? That decision depends on the substance, its concentration, the reliability of the measurement, the intended consumer and the applicable rules. A traceability project could measure the time required to reconstruct a batch's route, the proportion of records that can be matched and the precision of a simulated withdrawal. An alert system is also a learning system The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed enables authorities to exchange information about health risks and coordinate action.Tomato use suspended as Italy tackles Salmonella outbreak
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A notice from authorities in Emilia-Romagna ordered a ban on the use of cherry tomatoes that have not undergone cooking by all private and public foodservice providers in schools, social care facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes. Infections linked to tomatoes In several European countries and various Italian regions – including Emilia-Romagna – cases of salmonellosis caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Strathcona were detected during 2024, 2025, and 2026. In Emilia-Romagna, surveillance of Salmonella infections in the region between 2024 and 2026 has identified 112 cases caused by Salmonella Strathcona and five monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium infections. The notice referenced two outbreak assessments by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in 2024 and 2025, as well as several notifications on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) platform.Lidl tilbagekalder røget ørred efter fund af listeria
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Supermarkedskæden Lidl tilbagekalder to varianter af røget ørred af mærket Nautica. Det skyldes, at produkterne er forbundet med risiko for listeria, oplyser Lidl i en pressemeddelelse. Det drejer sig om varianterne Classic" og "Black pepper" med udløbsdato den 15. og 16. oktober."
