Health committee  If I may clarify, it's antibiotics that are labelled for growth promotion that are being removed. There are other growth-promoting products that are still legitimate and aren't in this particular discussion.

Health committee  They're not class I, II, or III; they're class IV. Take ionophores in particular; there's no equivalent in human medicine, and they are growth-promoting products. They also have other treatment aspects. The pharmaceutical industry is already moving and voluntarily removing grow

Health committee  I have to first admit that I'm not an expert in that particular area, but in my experience, we know that proper accommodations will play a role in reducing the stress of animals. Whether or not that is directly impacted by the need or not for antimicrobials, I couldn't say.

Health committee  I think it's through various means of communicating with producers. Certainly within the programs that I mentioned—the sustainability programs, your on-farm food safety programs—there are specific training materials that are provided to producers. I think it is through reminding

Health committee  I personally don't think I could add much to what Steve said. I would just say we need to work collaboratively to reach the desired solutions with industry and through the federal-provincial approach. Agriculture is multi-jurisdictional in its undertaking, and it's going to requi

Health committee  I'll perhaps start, representing a number of the commodities. Of all the food-producing groups, they are all very conscious of the issue and, of course, have been part of the consultations on some of the regulatory changes that are upcoming, including the movement to prescription

Health committee  I would simply concur with what has been stated. We have been advocating for both expanding the mandate and increasing the capacity for CIPARS under the Public Health Agency for a number of years now.

Health committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before this committee. I am the industry co-chair of the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council. The council was formed in 2010 out of an action item from the strategy by the same name that was developed in 2009. Subs