Antimicrobials and Drug Resistance

Antimicrobial agents in food and agriculture

Antimicrobial agents has been used in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry veterinary medicine which has resulted in healthier and more productive farm animals,  which ensures  the health and welfare of both animals and humans. There are several  benefits of food processing  which include toxin removal, preservation, easing marketing and distribution tasks, and increasing food consistency and makes many kinds of foods safe to eat by de-activating spoilage and pathogenic micro-organisms shelf life of food product and ensure food saftey. As part of process control activities in the food manufacturing plant, antimicrobial agents have been successfully applied, both in the product formulation stage as direct food additives designed to reduce or eradicate pathogens  and benificial in antimicrobial proteins. Apart from this it has various uses in plant agriculture.