AMR & Food Safety
Resistance findings discussed against food-safety literature on antibiotic use in poultry. Sample only.
The resistance profiles obtained were interpreted in the wider context of antimicrobial resistance and food safety, since antibiotic use in poultry production is a recognised route by which resistant organisms and resistance genes can enter the human food chain [1]. Findings were discussed against the food-safety and public-health literature on antibiotic use in animal husbandry, connecting a bench result to a One-Health concern [1]. Framing the study this way reflects the World Health Organization's position that containing resistance requires coordinated action across human, animal and environmental health [1]. This systems-level reading of laboratory data, seeing the connection between a market feed sample and global public health, is characteristic of how Jessica approaches research.