2007/11/01 by J. I. R. Castañón · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Animal Nutrition and Physiology #Pharmacological Effects and Assays #Meat and Animal Product Quality
paper · pdf · doi:10.3382/ps.2007-00249
openalex publication_date 2007/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feeds has been permitted in the member states of the European Union during the last 50 yr. However, concerns about development of antimicrobial resistance and about transference of antibiotic resistance genes from animal to human microbiota, led to withdraw approval for antibiotics as growth promoters in the European Union since January 1, 2006. This report analyzes the history of European legislation regarding the use of antibiotics in poultry feeds, since the first harmonization by Directive 70/524 until Regulation 1831/2003 deleted these substances from the European Register of additives permitted in feeds. The European support to recommendations of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Organization for Animal Health for a ban on antimicrobial use in animal feeds is expected to favor other countries also phase these substances out.