What is the current status of the monitoring program on antimicrobial resistance?
A fundamental knowledge gap associated with the AMR issue is the lack of appropriate surveillance data. For this reason, Health Canada’s Laboratory for Food-borne Zoonoses (LFZ) is working to develop a national integrated surveillance system to track antimicrobial use and the spread of AMR in agri-food and aquaculture. Preliminary steps have been undertaken to develop the necessary infrastructure for surveillance. Health Canada’s Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD), the Bureau of Microbial Hazards and the Bureau of Chemical Safety of the Food Directorate, as well as the Laboratory for Food-borne Zoonoses are working together undertaking research and surveillance activities.
