Table 1. Summary of the federal veterinary drug regulatory infrastructure to advance antimicrobial stewardship.

Type of infrastructure	How it will advance antimicrobial stewardship
New regulatory provisions	Increased controls over the importation of medically important antimicrobials for veterinary use
	Increased controls over the quality of active pharmaceutical ingredients for veterinary use coming into Canada (aligned with human drugs)
	Increased surveillance of the amount of medically important antimicrobials for veterinary use available for sale in Canada
	Improved access to veterinary health products, which are drugs in dosage form that are used to maintain or promote the health and welfare of animals and are not for use to treat or cure disease
New policies under existing regulatory provisions	Making all medically important antimicrobials prescription drugs
	Removing growth promotion claims from labels of medically important antimicrobials