§ Mr. JackTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research projects his Ministry is currently undertaking which deal with the concerns about antibiotic usage expressed in the seventh report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee of Session 1997–98 (HL 81). [40377]
Dr. John CunninghamThe table lists those research projects funded by my Department which deal with the concerns about antibiotic usage expressed in the seventh report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee of Session 1997–98.
The Department has just completed a major scientific review of the area and the report of that work is being evaluated. The Department announced its intention to fund further research in this area in the MAFF Food Research Requirements Document and the Animal Health and Welfare Research Requirements Document, both published in March 1998. However, decisions on the precise nature of any new research await the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food whose Working Party on Microbial Antibiotic Resistance is due to report in 1998.
Code Project title OZ0132 Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in salmonella and campylobacter OZ0134 Epidemiological studies of multiresistant Salmonella typhimuriumin pigs OZ0135 Epidemiological studies of multiple resistant Salmonella typhimurium DT104 infection in cattle