SAFOSO supported Boehringer Ingelheim in collating evidence on the current regulatory framework for the use of antimicrobials in food animals and possible changes towards more restrictive use that may be imminent in the European Union and/or individual Member States.

As a result of this work, a joint proposal on alternatives to antimicrobial usage in pig production was developed. This project called MINAPIG involves 10 European partners and was subsequently funded under the EMIDA Era-Net programme.