World’s first Essential Veterinary Medicines List (EVML) for food producing animals
World Veterinary Association and Brooke launch the world’s first Essential Veterinary Medicines List for food producing animals.
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USA: Revised draft guidance on veterinary feed directive regulation
The VFD final rule outlines the process for authorizing use of animal drugs intended for use in or on animal feed that require the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
European law on veterinary medicines: what’s new?
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe has just published an infographic on the new legislation on veterinary medicines.
USA: Pork essentially free of veterinary drug residues
In a survey of more than a thousand pork kidney samples, none were found to have veterinary drugs at levels that even approached close to U.S. regulatory limits.
UE: Recent data on veterinary drug residues in animals and food
EFSA’s data includes compliance rates with EU residue limits, for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food.
European Union: Progress on two proposals considered as a package on "Animal medicines"
The Presidency reported to the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on the progress achieved during the second half of 2015 on two proposals considered as a package on 'Animal medicines'.
European veterinary drug residue data for 2013 stable
The percentage of non-compliant targeted samples (0.31 %) was comparable to the previous six years (0.25–0.34 %).
United States: House and Congress passes the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act
Bill will make it legal for veterinarians to transport and use controlled substances beyond their primary places of registration and across state lines to treat their animal patients.
EU: hormone and antibiotic residues in animals have stabilised
Only 0.33% of the total number of targeted samples on residues was detected in animals as being non-compliant with EU standards.