A Critical Review of AMR Risks Arising as a Consequence of Using Biocides and Certain Metals in Food Animal Production.

James, Christian, James, Stephen J, Onarinde, Bukola A, Dixon, Ronald A and Williams, Nicola (2023) A Critical Review of AMR Risks Arising as a Consequence of Using Biocides and Certain Metals in Food Animal Production. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 12 (11). p. 1569. ISSN 2079-6382, 2079-6382

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Abstract

The focus of this review was to assess what evidence exists on whether, and to what extent, the use of biocides (disinfectants and sanitizers) and certain metals (used in feed and other uses) in animal production (both land and aquatic) leads to the development and spread of AMR within the food chain. A comprehensive literature search identified 3434 publications, which after screening were reduced to 154 relevant publications from which some data were extracted to address the focus of the review. The review has shown that there is some evidence that biocides and metals used in food animal production may have an impact on the development of AMR. There is clear evidence that metals used in food animal production will persist, accumulate, and may impact on the development of AMR in primary animal and food production environments for many years. There is less evidence on the persistence and impact of biocides. There is also particularly little, if any, data on the impact of biocides/metal use in aquaculture on AMR. Although it is recognized that AMR from food animal production is a risk to human health there is not sufficient evidence to undertake an assessment of the impact of biocide or metal use on this risk and further focused in-field studies are needed provide the evidence required.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial resistance genes, biocides, co-selection, farm to fork, food animal production, metals
Divisions:	Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Infection, Vet & Ecological Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2023 08:23
Last Modified:	23 May 2026 08:13
DOI:	10.3390/antibiotics12111569
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12111569
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3177398
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