date:Jul 24, 2019
he health ministrys move is expected to help regulate antibiotic misuse in these animals and contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
We welcome the health ministrys move to ban colistin use in food-producing animals. It will help preserve this last-resort antibiotic for humans and save lives from deadly antibiotic-resistant infections. It will go a long way in fighting antibiotic resistance, said Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general, CSE.