Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
A Global Health Priority
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to resist medicines, making infections harder to treat. AMR is classified as a global health security threat by the WHO.
- The WHO's Global Action Plan on AMR (2015) calls for reducing antimicrobial use in agriculture and aquaculture as a key intervention — overuse in animals accelerates resistance that can transfer to humans.
- The EU restricts the use of several classes of antibiotics in food animals — including fluoroquinolones and third/fourth-generation cephalosporins — which are critical for human medicine. These are the antimicrobials covered by Delegated Regulation 2023/905.
- India's National Action Plan on AMR (2017-2021) and its successor plans aim to regulate veterinary antibiotic use, but enforcement in aquaculture has historically been uneven.
- Chloramphenicol, nitrofurans, malachite green: banned veterinary drugs that have triggered past RASFF alerts for Indian shrimp exports.
● Tracked since February 08, 2026 · last seen May 14, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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