Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis visits Norway 26-27 June

The central topic of this visit is antimicrobial resistance(AMR). On Monday 26 June, Commissioner Andriukaitis will visit a fish farming site together with Norwegian ministers of Health, Fisheries, and Agriculture, and with Norwegian Chief Veterinary Officer, while on Tuesday 27 June, Commissioner Andriukaitiswill attend One-Health high-level seminar on AMR hosted by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Commissioner will also deliver a speech on "How the EU fights against AMR with a one health perspective" and participate in a panel discussion together with Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom Professor Dame Sally Davies, Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food Jon Georg Dale, Norwegian Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie and Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, Per Sandberg. Commissioner will also visit Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Ålesund where he will attend the event "From sea to table". “I am very glad to be part of the Nordic Council of Ministers event on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – one of the most important challenges facing today's society. I will be informing Ministers of the new EU Action Plan on AMR that the Commission will adopt in the coming days. Our upcoming ‘one health' Action Plan will be built on three main pillars: making the EU a best practice region; boosting research; and shaping the global agenda on AMR. Resistant bacteria do not respect borders. Therefore I also want to strengthen the EU's presence, voice and efforts in the international arena. I look forward to continuing to work together with the Nordic Council towards our shared goal of defeating the threat of AMR, for now and for our common future”, said Commissioner Andriukaitis. More information during the visit is available online.