Antibiotic Colistin to be banned for animal health treatment
The antibiotic Colistin will be discontinued for animal health use, announced the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. The Minister said that the Animal Health Implementation Committee – under Ireland’s National Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance (iNAP) – has endorsed a statement of intent to cease the use of Colistin in the animal health sector. “This voluntary agreement by stakeholders is testimony to the commitment of the…