Animal Health Literacy
Please see the links below for how to report problems with pet food, horse and other livestock feed, animal drugs, and animal devices. By reporting problems with FDA-regulated products for animals, you help the agency ensure that these products remain safe, effective, properly manufactured, and adequately labeled and packaged.
How to Report a Pet Food Complaint
Reporting Problems with Horse or other Livestock Feed/Food
How to Report Animal Drug and Device Side Effects and Product Problems
Topics
Pets
Feed Safety
Animal Drugs
Aquaculture
General Information
Resources
Pet Food
- Aflatoxin Poisoning in Pets
- Get the Facts! Raw Pet Food Diets can be Dangerous to You and Your Pet
- Get the Facts about Listeria
- Get the Facts about Salmonella
- “Complete and Balanced” Pet Food
- FDA's Regulation of Pet Food
- Information on Marketing a Pet Food Product
- Pet Food Labels - General
- Proper Storage of Pet Food & Treats
- Tips for Safe Handling of Pet Food and Treats
- Questions & Answers: Contaminants in Pet Food
- Questions & Answers: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Investigation into a Possible Connection Between Diet and Canine Heart Disease
- Questions & Answers: FDA’s Work on Potential Causes of Non-Hereditary DCM in Dogs
- Save Your Pet Food Lot Number!
- Vitamin D Toxicity in Dogs
- Your Animal Is Sick. Was It Something They Ate? Vet-LIRN May Be Able to Help
- Videos
Pet Meds
- Fact Sheet for Pet Owners and Veterinarians about Potential Adverse Events Associated with Isoxazoline Flea and Tick Products
- Client Information Sheets—Take-Home Safety Knowledge
- Medications for Your Pet ... Questions for Your Vet
- Need Pet Meds? Protect Yourself and Your Pet—Be Website A.W.A.R.E.
- Properly Store Medications to Keep Your Pet Safe
- Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Dangers for Pets
- Who Do You Call if You Have a Pet Emergency?
- Paws Off! Xylitol is Toxic to Dogs
- Be Smoke-free and Help Your Pets Live Longer, Healthier Lives
- Leave Chocolate Out of Rover's Celebrations
- Lovely Lilies and Curious Cats: A Dangerous Combination
- Potentially Dangerous Items for Your Pet
- Snack Safely—Keep Your Pets Safe from Snack Bag Suffocation
- Take the "Oh No!" Out of Your and Your Pets' Holiday "Ho-Ho-Ho!"
- Take Care of Your Pets Before Disaster Strikes
- Taking Care of Your Pets During Hurricanes and Floods
- Plan, Prepare and Protect Your Pet Before, During and After an Emergency
- FDA Consumer Advice on Pet Exposure to Prescription Topical Pain Medications Containing Flurbiprofen
- Vitamin D Toxicity in Dogs
- Paws Off Xylitol; It’s Dangerous for Dogs
- FDA Advice on Pet Exposure to Prescription Topical (Human) Cancer Treatment: Fluorouracil
- Videos
Cats
- Helping Our Cats Live Healthier Lives—Information about FDA-Approved Drugs for Cats
- Hyperthyroidism in Cats—There’s an FDA-Approved Drug to Treat It
- Keep the Worms Out of Your Pet’s Heart! The Facts about Heartworm Disease
- Lovely Lilies and Curious Cats: A Dangerous Combination
- Osteoarthritis in Cats: More Common Than You Think
Dogs
- Paws Off! Xylitol is Toxic to Dogs
- Hypothyroidism in Dogs—There are FDA-Approved Drugs to Treat It
- Keep the Worms Out of Your Pet’s Heart! The Facts about Heartworm Disease
- Leave Chocolate Out of Rover's Celebrations
- Advice to Dog Owners Whose Pets Take NSAIDs
- Galliprant—A Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) for Dogs with Osteoarthritis
- Treating Pain in Your Dog
- Questions & Answers: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Investigation into a Possible Connection Between Diet and Canine Heart Disease
- Vitamin D Toxicity in Dogs
Ferrets
Reptiles and Amphibians
- Pet Turtles: A Source of Germs
- Salmonella and Turtle Safety
- Salmonella, Feeder Rodents, and Pet Reptiles and Amphibians – Tips You Should Know to Prevent Infection
General Animal Health
- Helping Pets Live Healthier, Thinner Lives: AAHA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines
- One Health: It’s for All of Us
- Travel Training for You and Your Pets
- Safe Animal Feed (video)
- The Melamine Story (video)
- How Cows Eat Grass
- Voluntary Reporting of Animal Food Problems (video)
- Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative
Approval Process for Animal Drugs
- From an Idea to the Marketplace: The Journey of an Animal Drug through the Approval Process
- Innovation in Animal Drug Development
Food-Producing Animals
- Adequate Records Help Prevent Illegal Drug Residues and Ensure Food Safety
- FDA Approves First Drug to Control Pain in a Food-Producing Animal
- Pain Measurement Techniques for Food-Producing Animals Could Lead to Pain Control Drugs
- T.A.L.K. Before You Treat
Minor Species (all animals except horses, cattle, pigs, dogs, cats, chickens, and turkeys)
- Helping Agriculture's Helpful Honey Bees
- Lions and Tigers and Bears! OMUMS!
- Ornamental Fish Drugs and You
General Information
- Aquaculture and Aquaculture Drugs Basics
- ADE Reporting for Fish Drugs
- FDA Answers Your Questions about Fish Drugs
- Ornamental Fish Drugs and You