Italians who know the ban on antibiotics in farm animals for growing purposes, 2022
Antibiotics are medications that can kill or hinder the growth of bacteria which cause infections in people and animals. In 2022, a survey on the topic of resistance to antibiotics revealed that 57 percent of respondents in Italy said that they knew that using antibiotics to stimulate farm animals growth was banned within the EU. This statistic displays the share of respondents in Italy who, as of March 2022, were aware that stimulating farm animal growth with antibiotics was banned in the EU.