What is the federal government doing to acquire data on the kinds and quantities of antibiotics being used in food animal production in Canada?
Antimicrobials utilized in the food-animal production sector are accessed through a complex web of sales and distribution channels. Since 1999, Health Canada and PHAC have investigated sources and means of acquiring reliable and valid data on antimicrobial use in food-producing animals in Canada. At the federal level there is no current legislative mechanism to acquire this data. Much of the legislative power and mandate for this activity rests with the provincial agriculture ministries. Over-the-counter (OTC) antimicrobial sales (including in-feed use) and the practice of veterinary medicine are regulated by each province. Industry level data were to have been provided in 2005 from a program operated by the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI), but the program has been suspended. The previously provided preliminary data for 2001-2003 have been withdrawn. CAHI cites logistical and methodological problems.
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