ANIMAL FEED BOARD DECISION ON THE USE OF COLISTIN ANTIBIOTIC (POLYMYXIN E) IN FEEDS AND FEED ADDITIVES

ANIMAL FEED BOARD DECISION ON THE USE OF COLISTIN ANTIBIOTIC (POLYMYXIN E) IN FEEDS AND FEED ADDITIVES

The 11^th meeting of the Animal Feed Board on 25 June 2018 have decided on the following –

i. Termination on the use of the colistin antibiotic (polymyxin E) in feeds and feed additives for treatment, disease prevention and growth promoter (AGP) on food animals effective on 1 January 2019. Users, retailers and distributors are notified to terminate all use, sale and distribution of the antibiotic on or after the mentioned date.

ii. It is known that Colistin is the last line of defense for the treatment of infections by Gram-negative bacteria or Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) in humans.

With respect to this, all importers, manufacturers, retailers and users of animal feeds and feed additives must comply with the decision of the Animal Feed Board.

(this is translated from the original directive issued in Bahasa Malaysia and in case of doubt or discrepancy in this translation, the original Bahasa Malaysia version shall prevail)

第11次动物饲料委员会会议于2018年6月25日议决如下：

（一） 禁止在动物饲料与动物添加剂上使用抗敌素（Colistin / Polymyxin E），以作为在食用动物上的治疗，预防疾病及促进生长用途。禁止生效期于2019年1月1日。使用者，销售商及经销商被通知在这个日期或之后停止进行使用，销售及经销这项抗生素。

（二） 众所周知，抗敌素是治疗人类革兰氏阳性菌或多药耐药菌（MDRO）感染的最后一道防线。

即此，所有动物饲料与动物添加剂进口商，制造商，销售商及使用者恳请遵守动物饲料委员会的决定。

备注：这是在国语发布的原始指令中翻译的，如果在此翻译中有疑问或不一致，则以原文国语版本为准。