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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 09
The J. M. Smucker Co. Issues Limited, Voluntary Recall of Two Lots of Meow Mix® Original Choice Dry Cat Food for Potential Salmonella Contamination
Mar 26
Midwestern Pet Foods Voluntarily Recall Due to Possible Salmonella Health Risk
Mar 16
Bravo Packing, Inc. Expands Previously Announced Voluntary Recall of Pet Food Products Due to Potential Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes Health Risks to Humans and Animals
CVM Updates
May 12
FDA Helps Improve Availability of Vetmedin, a Critical Heart Drug for Dogs, in the United States
May 10
FDA Announces Animal Biotechnology Stakeholder Virtual Outreach Session
Apr 09
FDA Holds Virtual Public Meeting to Discuss Potential Approach for Ranking of Antimicrobial Drugs According to Their Importance in Human Medicine: A Risk Management Tool for Antimicrobial Animal Drugs
Recent Outbreaks and Advisories
CVM Recently Published Guidances
Recently Published Veterinary medicine related Guidances
Apr 23
CVM GFI #188 Data Elements for Submission of Veterinary Adverse Event Reports to the Center for Veterinary Medicine
Apr 14
Remote Interactive Evaluations of Drug Manufacturing and Bioresearch Monitoring Facilities During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Guidance for Industry
Jan 19
Policy for Testing of Alcohol (Ethanol) and Isopropyl Alcohol for Methanol, Including During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19)
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.