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The aim of "DART 2020" is to avoid the global development and spread of antibiotic resistance.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule that would require animal drug sponsors of all antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals to obtain estimates of sales by major food-producing species (cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys).

The Danish parliament has signed, with a wide political agreement, an action plan to reduce the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Danish pig production.

According to the data published by the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, between 2013 and 2014 the use of antibiotics on the Danish pig farms dropped by 5%.

Holdings with fattening animals should compare their individual figures on antibiotic use for therapeutic purposes with the overall figures in Germany.

The Government of Canada is committed to taking action to prevent, limit, and control the emergence and spread of AMR.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released two reports that measure antimicrobial resistance in certain bacteria isolated from raw meat and poultry collected through the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published its annual report summarizing the sales and distribution data of antimicrobial drugs approved for use in food-producing animal.

NIFA made the awards through the AFRI Food Safety program to protect consumers from microbial and chemical contaminants that may occur in the food chain, from production to consumption.

The Plan is designed to guide action by public health, healthcare, and veterinary partners in a common effort to address urgent and serious drug-resistant threats that affect people in the U.S. and around the world.

Multi-drug resistant isolates of Salmonella continue to spread across Europe. Also, high resistance to the antimicrobial ciprofloxacin in Campylobacter isolates has been reported in some Member States.

Comparison of antimicrobial consumption data in animals and humans in 2012 revealed that overall antimicrobial consumption was higher in animals than in humans, although contrasting situations were observed between countries.

Vision 2020 Plan sets the goal of a "50% reduction in the use of veterinary antibiotics by 2020".