Consumer groups call for ban on antibiotics in animal feed

The Consumers' Foundation of Taiwan has called for a complete ban on the use of antibiotics in animal feed.  The move followed the announcement by Consumers International, the world federation of consumer groups, that the theme for this week’s World Consumer Rights Day was “Antibiotics off the Menu”.  The organisation is campaigning for fast food companies to commit to stop selling meat from animals fed with antibiotics. Consumers International claims that antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health today. A report by the organisation called responses to the issue by McDonald’s, Subway and KFC “woefully inadequate”. This week research in the UK also found that antimicrobial resistance among children in rich countries means that certain common antibiotics no longer work in about half of all cases.

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World Consumer Rights Day: Empowering the Next Generation in the future of clean energy

In the run-up to World Consumer Rights Day, we spoke to two members of our Next Generation Leaders Network - sharing perspectives from Lebanon and India on how we can engage and empower young consumers in energy systems of the future.