Codex texts provide a pathway for global action on foodborne AMR
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Antimicrobial resistance is recognized as an urgent global health threat. Because it spreads through various routes, including food, human medicine and the environment, AMR containment needs a commitment at the highest levels to a collective, One Health approach. Codex AMR texts are recognized as a key resource for governments to monitor the threat of AMR in food, and to ensure its spread is reduced and contained to the extent possible. This article outlines the importance placed by the international community on the Codex AMR texts. The Codex Alimentarius is the collection of standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to protect consumer health and facilitate fair practices in the food trade. These texts can only protect consumers and facilitate fair trade practices when they are implemented. In this and similar stories, we detail examples of how Codex Members make use of Codex texts and the value they place in Codex work.