Global Egg Industry Adopts Formal Position on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) The International Egg Commission and its members support, and will promote, the responsible use of all antimicrobials to allow for the long-term safe production of eggs, safeguarding the availability of eggs and egg products for the world’s consumers.Biosecurity and good farming practice remain the prime tools for disease prevention and the IEC will continue to support knowledge sharing of biosecurity and good farming practice.The International Egg Commission (IEC):•Accepts that antimicrobial resistance (AMR), whether in humans or in animals, is an issue of global concern.•Acknowledges that the egg layer industry is a limited user of antimicrobials but that this limited use does not ...
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