Food and Drug Regulations

C.08.012 (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Division, a person may sell, pursuant to a written prescription of a veterinary practitioner, a medicated feed if

• (a) as regards the drug or drugs used as the medicating ingredient of the medicated feed,

  • (i) the Minister has assigned a drug identification number pursuant to section C.01.014.2, or

  • (ii) the sale is permitted by section C.08.005, C.08.011 or C.08.013;

• (b) the medicated feed is for the treatment of animals under the direct care of the veterinary practitioner who signed the prescription;

• (c) the medicated feed is for therapeutic purposes only; and

• (d) the written prescription contains the following information:

  • (i) the name and address of the person named on the prescription as the person for whom the medicated feed is to be mixed,

  • (ii) the species, production type and age or weight of the animals to be treated with the medicated feed,

  • (iii) the type and amount of medicated feed to be mixed,

  • (iv) the proper name, or the common name if there is no proper name, of the drug or each of the drugs, as the case may be, to be used as medicating ingredients in the preparation of the medicated feed, and the dosage levels of those medicating ingredients,

  • (v) any special mixing instructions, and

  • (vi) labelling instructions including

    • (A) feeding instructions,

    • (B) a warning statement respecting the withdrawal period to be observed following the use of the medicated feed, and

    • (C) where applicable, cautions with respect to animal health or to the handling or storage of the medicated feed.

(2) For the purposes of this section, medicated feed has the same meaning as in the Feeds Regulations, 2024.