... Looming crisis for poultry: Finding and funding veterinarians
Aug 29, 2017Jennifer Grullon
The poultry industry is rife with job openings for veterinarians that can’t be filled, according to Mark Jackwood, PhD, University of Georgia.
... VFD compliance: FDA’s animal-feed director says agency’s focus is on education, not penalties, during first year
Apr 24, 2017Jennifer Grullon
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...
... Less than 30 days and counting before new VFD rules take effect
Dec 01, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Veterinarians, feed mills and poultry producers are into the final stretch and now have less than 30 days to prepare for the new veterinary feed directive rules that take effect January 1, 2017.
... Straight talk with FDA about the VFD in poultry
Nov 07, 2016Jennifer Grullon
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...
... Updated VFD rule may help producers save money
Sep 12, 2016Jennifer Grullon
The updated veterinary feed directive (VFD) rule that takes effect in January 2017 does not require veterinarians to indicate the amount of feed that needs to be manufactured — a decision made by...
... Electronic systems expected to simply VFD process
Aug 02, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Electronic systems will make it easy for veterinarians to provide veterinary feed directives in compliance with the updated VFD rule that takes full effect in January 2017, say developers of the...
... Editorial – Judicious antibiotic use: How should the poultry industry be judged?
Apr 27, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Beginning in January 2017, FDA will require veterinarians to issue a veterinary feed directive, or VFD, for any medically important antibiotics administered through poultry or livestock feed.
... Preparing for the VFD: Challenges at the feed mill
Apr 13, 2016Jennifer Grullon
In light of the impending FDA's veterinary feed directive, Richard Sellers of the American Feed Industry Association talked to Poultry Health Today about the challenges poultry feed mills can expect...
... FDA issues rule requiring veterinary supervision of medically important antimicrobials
Jun 02, 2015Jennifer Grullon
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...
