... VFD compliance: FDA’s animal-feed director says agency’s focus is on education, not penalties, during first year
Apr 24, 2017PHT Editor
Compliance with the updated veterinary feed directive (VFD) rule is expected to continually improve as stakeholders become more educated with the process, according to David Edwards, PhD, director of...
... It’s official: FDA implements GFI #213, paving way for new VFD rules
Jan 09, 2017PHT Editor
After years of planning, FDA said it has completed implementation of what it calls Guidance for Industry #213 — a process that requires antimicrobials with importance in human medicine to be used...
... New 7-minute video from FDA details new VFD rule
Dec 07, 2016PHT Editor
FDA has released a 7-minute video detailing the updated veterinary feed directive (VFD) rule effective January 1, 2017.
... Straight talk with FDA about the VFD in poultry
Nov 07, 2016PHT Editor
Dan McChesney, PhD, director of surveillance and compliance for FDA’s Center of Veterinary Medicine, recently visited with Poultry Health Today to talk about the new VFD regulations and their...
... FDA lists two principles for “judicious” antimicrobial use
Oct 04, 2016PHT Editor
FDA strongly acknowledges that effective antimicrobials are critically important for combating infectious disease in both humans and animals.
... FDA: Salmonella, antibiotic resistance declining in US poultry meat
Jan 02, 2016PHT Editor
Incidence of Salmonella in ground chicken and turkey meat has dropped to its lowest level since the FDA began monitoring the foodborne pathogen, according to a new report. However, the development...
... FDA Releases Biannual Progress Report on Judicious Use of Antimicrobials in Food-producing Animals
Jun 22, 2015PHT Editor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today its second progress report on its strategy to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals.
... FDA issues rule requiring veterinary supervision of medically important antimicrobials
Jun 02, 2015PHT Editor
The US Food and Drug Administration announced today its final rule for the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) — a move that is said to be “an important piece of the agency’s overall strategy to...
... FDA reports positive trends in antimicrobial resistance
Oct 10, 2014PHT Editor
The annual NARMS Executive Report focuses on resistance to antibiotics that are considered important in human medicine as well as multidrug resistance (described as resistance to three or more...
... #152 Guidance for Industry: Evaluating the safety of antimicrobial new animal drugs with regard to their microbiological effects on bacteria of human health concern
Jul 03, 2014wpengine
Appendix A of this document ranks antimicrobial drugs according to their importance in human medicine and may be updated by FDA.
... #209 Guidance for Industry: The judicious use of medically important antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.
Jan 15, 2014wpengine
GFI 209 presents the FDA’s recent thinking on the topic and lays out FDA strategy and recommendations.
