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Reporting Problems with Animal Products
FDA encourages consumers, veterinarians and industry to report problems with animal drugs, food and devices.
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Veterinary medicine related Recall Announcements
Apr 26
UPDATE - Akorn Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Various Human and Animal Drug Products Within Expiry Due to Company Shutdown
Mar 18
Voluntary Recall of One Lot of Kaytee® Wild Bird Food Birders Blend, 8 Lb Bag, Due to Elevated Levels of Aflatoxin
Mar 10
Nestlé Purina Petcare Company Expands Voluntary Recall of Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets El Elemental Dry Dog Food in the U.S. Due to Potentially Elevated Vitamin D
CVM Updates
Jul 03
Update: FDA Animal Drug Safety Communication: FDA provides update on new dosing syringe and training materials for the noise aversion drug Sileo for use in dogs
Jun 12
FDA Announces Transition of Over-the-Counter Medically Important Antimicrobials for Animals to Prescription Status
May 31
FDA and European Union Announce Mutual Recognition Agreement for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Inspections of Animal Drugs
Recently Published Veterinary medicine related Guidances
Jun 27
Presenting Quantitative Efficacy and Risk Information in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Promotional Labeling and Advertisements
Jun 16
CVM GFI #171 - Demonstrating Bioequivalence for Soluble Powder Oral Dosage Form Products and Type A Medicated Articles Containing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Considered to Be Soluble in Aqueous Media
Jun 08
CVM GFI #279 Demonstrating Bioequivalence for Type A Medicated Articles Containing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient(s) Considered to be Poorly Soluble in Aqueous Media, That Exhibit Little to No Systemic Bioavailability, and Are Locally Acting
The Center for Veterinary Medicine
CVM is an internationally recognized, high performance, public health organization committed to our mission of protecting human and animal health. CVM is responsible for assuring that animal drugs and medicated feeds are safe and effective and that food from treated animals is safe to eat. We are comprised of six offices and are located in both Rockville, Maryland and Laurel, Maryland.