EFSA Assesses Risk of Bacteria Spread During Animal Transport
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has begun work on a new assessment looking at the risk of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria spread during the transport of animals to be used as food.
The assessment, which was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety, will focus on the risk of resistant zoonotic bacteria spread among poultry, pigs, and cattle during transport to slaughterhouses and to other farms.