The 2013 safefood Chemical Residues Knowledge Network Conference took place in Dublin on 18 September, 2013 in collaboration with the Safe & Healthy Foods project coordinated by Teagasc.
The theme for the conference was, "Agri-Food Antibiotics: Residues, Regulation and Resistance".
To find out more about the conference watch the video below from organiser Prof Chris Elliott.
During the conference two presentations were recorded. These were the Keynote Lecture from Dr Philippe Delahaut, CER Groupe, Health Department, Belgium. Dr Delahaut presentation covered the use of antibiotics on farms.
The second presentation was from Prof Seamus Fanning, UCD Centre for Food Safety, who delivered a presentation entitled 'Emergence of resistance to antimicrobial compounds:from farm to fork - Opportunity, power and usage
A number of speakers also provided summaries of their presentations in short interviews -
Antibiotic resistance and responsible use
John Fitzgerald
Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance, United Kingdom
The increased role of knowledge transfer to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in dairy cattle
Katie Yates
Royal Agricultural University, United Kingdom
Emergence of resistance to antimicrobial compounds from farm-to-fork: opportunity, power and usage
Professor Séamus Fanning
University College Dublin, Ireland
The consumers’ perspective – antibiotic residues and resistance
Gemma Trigueros
Organisation of Consumers and Users, Spain
The accompanying PowerPoint Presentations abd emerging issues report can be downloaded here
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