Producers and veterinarians face big changes in the ways they use feed-grade antibiotics, and a June 17 webinar sponsored by Zoetis and hosted by Vance Publishing will help them prepare. The webinar will take place at 1
Eighteen months after full implementation of the new VFD rules for medicated feeds, most veterinarians and other stakeholders have become familiar and comfortable with the process and compliance in routine practices.
Daniel Scruggs, DVM, managing veterinarian at Zoetis, shares his answers to the most common questions cow/calf producers and veterinarians have about the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD).
We often hear that pen riding is as much an art as it is a science, and some pen riders seem to have a sixth sense for spotting the subtle signs of early stage respiratory disease.
The FDA’s veterinary feed directive (VFD) rules, in effect since January 2017, have caused some confusion and left some producers frustrated with fewer options in some aspects of their herd-health programs.
We’re now counting the days until the FDA’s new veterinary feed directive (VFD) rules take full effect on January 1. Many producers, and even veterinarians, remain unclear on the details and procedures they will nee
With the FDA’s new veterinary feed directive (VFD) rules taking full effect on January 1, we can begin to look at the nuts-and-bolts process for filing a VFD order.
Comply with the rules, keep good records and organize those records for accessibility, and you shouldn’t worry about FDA inspectors scheduling an audit.
When state or federal authorities conduct an audit for compliance with veterinary feed directive (VFD) rules, they’ll begin at the feed distributor, working back as needed to veterinarians and producers.
With the 2017 transition to new antibiotic rules quickly approaching, veterinarians and producers still have time to minimize logistic and animal-health impacts by planning ahead.
The second major compliance dates will soon arrive for the preventive controls for animal food rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
When the FDA issued its final VFD rules back in 2015, they also released a draft guidance for industry offering answers to anticipated questions regarding application of the rules in common and unusual circumstances.
