Risk of antimicrobial resistance spreading via food loss and waste
FLW should be recognized as a potential AMR source, requiring improved management strategies and integration into AMR surveillance. This review highlights the need to both reduce antimicrobial use and minimize FLW generation to limit environmental and public health risks.
Authors
- Fanette Fontaine
- Antonio Valcarce
- Emmanuel Kabali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-7789)
- Jorge Pinto Ferreira
- Junxia Song
Institutions
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- Published
- 2026-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01405-6
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00