Farmers must be made to stop using antibiotics completely on healthy animals that are reared for food as it is causing increasingly serious risks to human health and is one of the leading causes for the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, the World Health Organisation has warned. The report by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said there was a “clear risk” from widespread use of antibiotics in animal feed
Farmers must be made to stop using antibiotics completely on healthy animals that are reared for food as it is causing increasingly serious risks to human health and is one of the leading causes for the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, the World Health Organisation has warned. Using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in farmed animals is routine in some parts of Asia and the US, and, although it is banned in Europe, campaigners suggested the rule is sometimes ignored.