The responsibility of companies for the welfare of animals must also cover the field of antibiotics that are administered to them when they fall ill and help prevent the growth of resistance to these drugs, whose excessive use is causing the proliferation of bacteria and microbes .
More than 400,000 people die each year from foodborne illness, mostly from microbes or bacteria that, if they become resistant to antibiotics, cannot be treated.
In many farms today, drugs are used in animals that live crowded and stressed in small spaces in order to avoid infections and increase productivity.
The reduction in the use of antibiotics in the livestock and aquaculture industry involves improving the living conditions of these animals by reducing their stress and their relationship with humans.