The elimination of the preventative use of Category I and II antimicrobials has been made a mandatory element of the Raised by a Canadian Farmer On-Farm Food Safety Program – which is mandatory and enforced in all 10 provinces with annual audits and has been granted full recognition from the Federal-Provincial and Territorial governments.

Monitoring is performed via industry antibiotic use surveillance as well as continued government surveys through the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS), of the Public Health Agency of Canada.