Journal of Infectious Diseases and Treatment Open Access

Antibiotic resistance in the food chain: A developing country-perspective

6^th Edition of International Conference on Antibiotics, Antimicrobials and Resistance

October 11-12, 2018 Edinburgh, Scotland

Luria Leslie Founou, Raspail Carrel Founou and Sabiha Yusuf Essack

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon, Cameroon

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Infec Dis Treat

Abstract:

Antibiotics are now “endangered species” facing extinction due to the worldwide emergence of antibiotic resistance (ABR). Food animals are considered as key reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria with the use of antibiotics in the food production industry having contributed to the actual global challenge of ABR. There are no geographic boundaries to impede the worldwide spread of ABR. If preventive and containment measures are not applied locally, nationally and regionally, the limited interventions in one country, continent and for instance, in the developing world, could compromise the efficacy and endanger ABR containment policies implemented in other parts of the world; the best-managed high-resource countries included. Multifaceted, comprehensive and integrated measures complying with the One Health approach are imperative to ensure food safety and security, effectively combat infectious diseases, curb the emergence and spread of ABR, and preserve the efficacy of antibiotics for future generations. Countries should follow the World Health Organization, World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recommendations to implement national action plans encompassing human, (food) animal and environmental sectors to improve policies, interventions and activities that address the prevention and containment of ABR from farm-to-fork. This study evidences the danger of ABR in the food chain and particularly in developing countries as a serious global public health threat. First, it assesses and summarizes background information on the emergence of ABR. Second it highlights transmission routes of ABR along the food chain; third, it compares the current status of ABR in food animals in developed versus developing countries and finally, it delineates prevention and containment measures of ABR from farm-to-fork.

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