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The foundation of our Global Policy on Antibiotic Use in Food Animals is sustainable use of antibiotics. The policy, therefore, includes specific Guiding Principles for Sustainable Use. These are based on established, authoritative frameworks, including the World Veterinary Association’s Prudent Use of Antibiotics Global Basic Principles and the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials General Principles.
Our Guiding Principles for Sustainable Use:
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- Reaffirm our strong commitments to food safety and animal welfare.
- Emphasize disease prevention strategies like good animal husbandry, hygiene, and immunization rather than antibiotics.
- Recognize, as a complement to good animal husbandry, the appropriate use of antibiotics to treat animals that are ill or at immediate risk of becoming ill.
- Emphasize that antibiotics are to be used only under the oversight of a qualified veterinarian and in accordance with applicable regulations, current pharmacological information and principles, and product license requirements or as directed by a veterinarian.
- Put people first, by requiring that antibiotics in classes of drugs used to treat humans be used in animals only for disease control and prevention, as allowed by government regulations, and after thorough consideration of alternatives.
- Establish requirements to limit animals’ exposure to antibiotics used for disease treatment, control, and prevention.
- Direct suppliers to keep accurate records demonstrating compliance with our antibiotics policy, including elimination of the use for growth promotion of antibiotics belonging to classes of compounds approved for use in human medicine.
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To ensure understanding and facilitate compliance, the global policy spells out these principles and provides definitions of key terms.
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