Veterinary drug labelling draft guidance for industry: Closed consultation

Health Canada sought feedback on the draft guidance for labelling veterinary drugs. This guidance outlines Canada’s labelling requirements and recommendations.

The draft guidance was intended to:

• provide helpful and sufficient information to industry on how to meet the requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations
• help industry provide quality labels to Health Canada for review
• present the information in a user-friendly way for easy and efficient navigation

The final guidance document will be clear and help industry when it files labels as part of the regulatory submission process for veterinary drugs.

Who was the focus of this consultation

This consultation was for the veterinary drug industry and other interested stakeholders.

Key questions for discussion

We sought feedback to ensure that this technical guidance was clear and as user-friendly as possible.

The final updated guidance document will reflect the input from this consultation.

Related information

• Veterinary drugs - Management of regulatory submissions guidance

Contact us

Veterinary Drugs Directorate
Health Products and Food Branch
Email: consultationvdd-dmv@hc-sc.gc.ca