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April 9, 2021 12:00 pm
The antibiotic Colistin will be discontinued for animal health use, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced.
The minister said today (Friday, April 9) that the Animal Health Implementation Committee – under Ireland’s National Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance (iNAP) – has endorsed a statement of intent to cease the use of Colistin in the animal health sector.
“This voluntary agreement by stakeholders is testimony to the commitment of the agri-sector in addressing AMR [antimicrobial resistance] and I acknowledges the importance of Colistin in treating life-threatening bacterial infections that cause significant mortality and morbidity in human healthcare,” the minister said.