Despite tremendous educational efforts, many producers and veterinarians remain unclear on the details about using medicated feeds for prevention, control and treatment of disease in their herds effective January 1, 2017.
Source: Bovine Veterinarian, December 5, 2016.
FDA officials have indicated their enforcement activities will focus on education during the initial months as the new rules are implemented. The panel members, all of whom have worked closely with the FDA on the issue, agreed that, while mistakes will be made, producers who operate in good faith and do what they can to comply with the law likely will see warnings and guidance. If, however, producers intentionally circumvent the law, the FDA and society overall will see a need for more stringent enforcement.
INSIGHTS: One option to manage the VFD paperwork is GlobalVetLINK. GlobalVetLINK (GVL®) announced on December 13, 2016 that current and transition FDA-approved VFD drugs are active in its FeedLINK® Electronic VFD System. GVL offers complete herd health management solutions for the food animal industry.
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