REGULATORY ACTIVITIES - May/June 1999

FDA Veterinarian Newsletter May/June 1999 Volume XIV, No III

The following firms/individuals received warning letters for offering animals for slaughter that contained illegal drug residues:

• Steven H. Nash, Nash Farms, Inc., Selma, CA
• Robert Wilbur, Wilbur Brothers, Tulare, CA
• Frank R. Coelho, Coelho Dairy, Modesto, CA
• Tony Martin Sr., Partner, Martin's Dairy, Chino, CA
• Michael H. Frings, Mike Frings Cattle Company, Tulare, CA
• John L. Borba, Borba Dairy Farms, Hilmar, CA
• Joe B. Lopes, Owner, El Nido, CA
• Douglas and Debra Hillegass, Mountain View Farm, Berlin, PA
• Ron Calfe, C Bar D Cattle Company, Gravity, IA
• Robert A. Brumbaugh Sr. and Jr., Brumbaugh Farms, Martinsburg, PA
• Roy S. Remund, Remund Dairy, Inc., Midway, UT
• Richard H. Byma, By-Acres Farm, Sussex, NJ

These violations involved illegal residues of sulfadimethoxine in dairy cows; oxytetracycline in a dairy cow; streptomycin in a calf; oxytetracycline and sulfamethazine in cows; gentamicin in a heifer calf; neomycin in a cow; tilmicosin in a heifer; penicillin in a cow; gentamicin and streptomycin in cows;

Warning letters were also sent to the following firms/individuals which had a history of offering animals for sale for human food use which were adulterated with drug residues. These warning letters stated that these individuals/firms had offered animals for slaughter that contained illegal drug residues:

• Robert D. Kelly Jr., Flying H Dairy, Stevinson, CA
• Leo Warmerdam, Warmerdam Dairy, Inc., Hanford, CA
• Melvin Laughery, Fontanelle, IA
• Ezequiel "Ike" Tapia, Tapia Brothers Dairy Inc., Miles, TX
• Mark P. Mayo, Mayo Dairy, Le Grand, CA

These violations involved illegal residues of sufadimethoxine in cows; tilmicosin and gentamicin in a heifer; gentamicin in a dairy cow;

Warning letters were sent to the following firms/individuals for violations from Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs):

• Thomas T. Rucks, United Feed Co-op, Inc., Okeechobee, FL
• James E. Cherwinka, Wausau Chemical Corporation, Wausau, WI