Ad Hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance

ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
Host Government: Republic of Korea

The ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance was established by the twenty-ninth Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Its mandate is to develop science based guidance, taking full account of its risk analysis principles and the work and standards of other relevant international organizations, such as FAO, WHO, and OIE. The intent of this guidance is to assess the risks to human health associated with the presence in food and feed including aquaculture and the transmission through food and feed of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance genes and to develop appropriate risk management advice based on that assessment to reduce such risk.

Its terms of reference are to develop guidance on methodology and processes for risk assessment, its application to the antimicrobials used in human and veterinary medicine as provided by FAO/WHO through JEMRA, and in close cooperation with OIE, with subsequent consideration of risk management options. In this process work undertaken in this field at national, regional and international levels should be taken into account.

The 2nd Session of the Task Force is tentatively scheduled to be held in October/November 2008.

The Committee will continue to work on:

Proposed draft Risk Assessment Guidance Regarding Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms
Proposed draft Risk Management Guidance to Contain Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms
Proposed draft Guidance on Creating Risk Profiles for Anitmicrobial Resistant Foodborne Microorganisms for Setting Risk Assessment and Management Priorities

DELEGATES

U.S. Delegate
David G. White, D.V.M.
Director, National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Veterinary Medicine
Office of Research
8401 Muirkirk Rd.
Laurel, MD 20708
Ph: (301) 210-4181
Fax: (301) 210-4685
Email: David.White@fda.hhs.gov

Alternate Delegate
Neena Anandaraman, D.V.M.
Veterinary Medical Officer
Zoonotic Diseases and Residue Surveillance Division
Office of Public Health Science
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Room 343 Aerospace Center
Phone: (202) 690-6429
Email: Neena.Anandaraman@fsis.usda.gov

CX or CL	Subject	Comments Due	Send comments to:
Current Task Force Documents Requesting Comments
CX/AMR 08/2/4 (PDF Only)	Proposed draft risk assessment guidance regarding foodborne antimicrobial resistant organisms (At Step 3)	Aug 15, 2008	Dr. White at above address
CX/AMR 08/2/5 (PDF Only)
CX/AMR 08/2/6 (PDF Only)

Delegate's Report of the 1st Session of the Task Force held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Oct 23-27, 2007

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