Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting in collaboration with OIE on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance

In recognition of the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), its increasing threat to human, animal and plant health, and the need for a One Health approach to address this issue, the 39th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) highlighted the importance for the food safety community to play its part and agreed to re-establish the ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TFAMR).The objectives of the TFAMR were to revise the Codex Code of Practice to Minimise and Contain Antimicrobial Resistance (CAC/RCP 61-2005)and to develop a Codex guidance on integrated surveillance of AMR. Responding to the request from the CAC and the TFAMR to provide scientific advice in the areas of crops, environment and biocides, the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened, in collaboration with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), a joint “FAO/WHO expert meeting on foodborne antimicrobial resistance: role of environment, crops and biocides” on11-15 June 2018 in Rome, Italy