Is food produced from animals treated with antibiotics safe for humans?
Antibiotics are used in food-producing animals to provide safe and affordable food products. Canada’s food system is one of the safest in the world and efforts will continually be made to minimize the development and spread of resistance from agri-food sources. The findings reported in the CIPARS reports are very useful in the ongoing risk assessment of antimicrobial drugs. This is part of a broad initiative aimed at developing comprehensive Canadian policies on antimicrobial resistance and the use of antimicrobial drugs in humans as well as in animals.
