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Animal Drugs

Animal Food (including Pet Food)

Animal Medical Devices

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For Consumers

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Safety & Health

Product Safety Information including Recalls, Adverse Drug Events, Antimicrobial Resistance, Animal Cloning and Animal Drug Shortage information

Products

Animal Drugs, Animal Food (including Pet Food and the GRAS program), Animal Medical Devices, Imports & Exports

News & Events

Press releases, Outbreaks and Advisories, and meeting announcements

Resources for You

Information for consumers, veterinarians, and industry

Compliance & Enforcement

CVM Compliance Programs, Drug Residues, BSE and Unapproved Animal Drugs

Guidance & Regulations

Guidance for Industry, Policies & Procedures Manual, Laws

Development & Approval Process

New Animal Drug Applications, Electronic Submissions, User Fees, Biotechnology, Minor Use/Minor Species, Aquaculture, Food Additive Petitions

Science & Research

Research areas, Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN)

Reporting Problems with Animal Products

FDA encourages consumers, veterinarians and industry to report problems with animal drugs, food and devices.

How to Report Problems

Center

Jun 13

Freshpet Voluntarily Recalls One Lot of Freshpet® Select Small Dog Bite Size Beef & Egg Recipe Dog Food Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

Jun 11

Purina Animal Nutrition Voluntarily Recalling One Lot of Purina® RangeLand® 30-13 (125#) Cattle Feed

Jun 08

Hubbard Feeds Voluntarily Recalls Easy Feed Organic Chick Starter/Grower Org

Jun 21

Recursos para los productores de forraje afectados por la tormenta tropical Claudette

Jun 21

Resources for Animal Food Producers in the Southeastern United States Affected by Tropical Storm Claudette

Jun 10

FDA Finalizes Guidance to Bring Remaining Approved Over-The-Counter Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs Used for Animals Under Veterinary Oversight

More CVM Updates

Certain Sportmix Pet Food Recalled for Potentially Fatal Aflatoxin

FDA Alert: Certain Lots of Pet Food from Multiple Brands Recalled for Aflatoxin

FDA Cautions Pet Owners Not to Feed One Lot Aunt Jeni's Pet Food

Center

Jun 22

CVM GFI #108 Registering with CVM’s Electronic Submission System

Jun 11

CVM GFI #263 Recommendations for Sponsors of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs Approved for Use in Animals to Voluntarily Bring Under Veterinary Oversight All Products That Continue to be Available Over-the-Counter

May 21

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

FDA Guidance Search

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.

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