Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the major challenges the world is nowadays facing. Indeed, the acquired resistance to some antimicrobials is already widespread to such an extent that their value for the treatment of certain life-threatening infections is already compromised. Emergence and spread of AMR has been usually attributed to the misuse or indiscriminate use of antibiotics as therapeutic drugs in human and animal health care or as antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in the veterinary husbandry. In addition, there is a growing concern over the possibility of AMR transmission via the food chain. This chapter summarizes the information available in the literature on AMR in foodborne pathogenic bacteria and food-related beneficial microbes, with a special focus on the European situation, and discusses possible routes for the emergence and spread of AMR throughout the food chain.
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