7 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2017/2254(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics and poor infection control practices have progressively rendered antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a massive threat to humankindboth human and animal health;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas antibiotics continue to be used in animal husbandry as compensation for poor hygiene and disease prevention rather than in cases of need by prescription, contributing to the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in animals which can be transmitted to humans;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas several countries from which the EU imports animal products for consumption continue to use antibiotics in agriculture as a growth hormone; whereas until April of 2017, colistin, a pharmaceutical drug of last resort, was used in animal feeds in China and has since been introduced for use in human therapy; whereas the use of colistin in agriculture has been associated with the development of bacteria with a colistin- resistant gene known as mcr-11a; _________________ 1aWang, Yang, et al. “Prevalence, Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Molecular Epidemiology of Mcr-1 -Positive Enterobacteriaceae in Patients and Healthy Adults from China: an Epidemiological and Clinical Study.” The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 17, no. 4, 2017, pp. 390–399., doi:10.1016/s1473- 3099(16)30527-8.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the use of antibiotic compounds in non-clinical consumer products has been shown to increase the risk of generating drug-resistant bacteria strains2a; _________________ 2a http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/commit tees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_021.pdf
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to ban the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry in all cases other than by prescription for disease;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to phase out the use of antimicrobial compounds or chemicals in non-clinical settings such as in everyday cleansing products and other consumer goods,
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Notes recent research in the development of next-generation probiotics for concomitant use with antibiotic treatment in clinical settings, which has been shown to reduce health care- associated infections caused by highly antibiotic resistant bacteria3a; _________________ 3aPamer, Eric G. “Resurrecting the Intestinal Microbiota to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens.” Science, vol. 352, no. 6285, 2016, pp. 535–538., doi:10.1126/science.aad9382.