On Dec. 7, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that of the more than 116 medically important antimicrobial products approved for use in food-producing animals that were actively marketed in 2022, only 11 of these products are approved for use in both food-producing animals and companion animals.

In contrast, there was a total of 6,245,720 kg of active ingredient domestic sales reported in 2022 for the medically important antimicrobial products. With the exception of two tetracycline medicated feed products, the other nine products are approved for use in dogs, cats, and/or horses (in addition to food-producing animals), and collectively represented 82,460 kg of active ingredient domestic sales in 2022.