A January 2022 report from the European Public Health Alliance on achieving responsible farm antibiotic use through improving animal health and welfare in pig and poultry production. Authored by the Alliance's Scientific Advisor, Cóilín Nunan.
In November 2022 the Alliance and World Animal Protection released new research showing that UK rivers near factory farms had high levels of bacteria resistant to antibiotics that are critically important in human medicine.
Supermarket's 2021 antibiotic policies under the microscope
We've found that most of the UK’s leading supermarkets have commitments to sourcing animal products produced with responsible antibiotic use. However, these usually only cover some or all of their own-brand animal produce and frequently only that which is of UK origin.
New documentary about the use of antibiotics in global agriculture and the rise of antimicrobial resistance. Credit: Lydia Handford, Ocean Drive Films.
The organic farms using x4 fewer antibiotics than national average
In our report 'Antibiotic use in Organic Farming; Lowering Use Through Good Husbandry' we analyse the latest data and find stark differences in levels of antibiotic use between a sample of UK Soil Association certified organic farms and the UK national average, indicating that organic farms use four times fewer antibiotics on average.
Change farming and save our antibiotics | Cóilín Nunan | TEDxExeter
Imagine a global health crisis which causes more deaths than cancer. That’s the future we face unless we take action now to stop the rise of antibiotic resistance. Drawing on decades of academic research, Cóilín Nunan, Scientific Advisor for the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, shares the action we need to take now.
Why are infectious disease outbreaks in humans, such as SARS, MERS, swine flu and now Covid-19 becoming increasingly frequent? Is it reasonable to expect ever-more epidemics if we continue with business as usual once Covid-19 has passed?
The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has nine key recommendations to safeguard human and animal health pertaining to trade and antibiotics when the UK leaves the EU.