一项关于美国消费者对抗生素看法的调查

 

　　出版日期：2014年5月9日

　　美国哈里斯民意测验调查为美国肉协会（AMI）进行的一项调查表明，美国消费者担忧抗生素耐药性的后果，也担忧抗生素在家畜和家禽生产中的应用。

　　When asked "According to the CDC, which of the following is the greatest contributing factor to human antibiotic resistance," only four in ten Americans (41%) correctly answered "health professionals over-prescribing to people."

　　当被问到“根据疾病控制中心（CDC），下面哪项对人类抗生素耐药性有最大的贡献呢？“只有41%的美国民众准确答道”健康专业人士对人类药物的过度使用。”

　　Eighteen percent thought use of antibiotics in livestock production was the number one contributing factor according to the CDC.  Seven percent thought the CDC found antimicrobial hand sanitisers to be the biggest factor; 5% thought the answer was drinking water and 28% said they were unsure.

　　18%认为根据CDC称，将抗生素使用到家畜生产中是造成这种结果的一个促进因素。7%的人认为CDC发现抗菌消毒洗手液是最大的因素，5%认为是饮用水，28%的表示不确定。

　　During a September 2013 press conference to release a report on antibiotics, CDC director Thomas Frieden, MD, said, "Right now, the most acute problem is in hospitals. And the most resistant organisms in hospitals are emerging in those settings because of poor antimicrobial stewardship among humans."  In fact, he said that half of all antibiotic prescriptions given to humans are unnecessary.

　　在2013年9月新闻发布会期间发布的关于抗生素的报告，医务部疾控中心主任Thomas Frieden博士说，“眼下，最尖锐的问题是在医院，而在医院，最耐药的生物体存在于设备上面，因为人们对设备疏于管理“。事实上，他说，给人类的所有抗生素处方有一半是不必要的。”

　　CDC also said that it is important to use good stewardship in administering antibiotics during livestock and poultry production and that antibiotic use for animal growth promotion should be phased out, an effort that is already under way at the request of the Food and Drug Administration and a move that the American Meat Institute supports.

　　CDC还表示，在家畜和家禽生产中使用良好的抗生素管理是很重要的，而且那些用于动物促生长的抗生素应逐步淘汰，应食品和药物管理局的要求和美国肉类协会的支持，这一努力已经正在进行中。

　　In 2011, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service screened meat and poultry for 128 chemicals, and 99% of the tested carcasses were free of all of them.

　　调查数据也反映了各地抗生素残留问题的困惑。十分之四的消费者（39％）认为抗生素的不安全水平通常存在于食品杂货店的肉类和家禽产品中，虽然政府公布的数据显示，在肉类和家禽产品中抗生素残留的违规现象几乎是不存在的。 2011年，美国农业部食品安全检验局筛选了肉类和家禽，进行了128份化学品化验， 99％的测试胴体没有化学品。

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　　英文来源：allaboutfeed

　　译者：畜牧人编辑IRIS