Animal & Veterinary

Animal Health & Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Animal Drugs

Animal Food (including Pet Food)

Animal Medical Devices

Reporting Problems with Animal Products

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

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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)

Center

Jul 10

Ridley Block Operations Voluntarily Recalls Ultralyx® 12% Protein Sheep

Jul 03

The J. M. Smucker Company Issues Voluntary Recall of One Lot of Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Chicken & Liver Paté Formula Canned Cat Food

Jun 23

InHe Manufacturing, LLC and MHR Brands Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Several Products Due to Potential Health Risk for Excess Lead

For Industry

For Consumers

For Veterinarians

Jul 31

Recursos para los productores de forraje afectados por el huracán Isaias

Jul 31

Resources for Animal Food Producers in Puerto Rico and the Southeastern U.S. Affected by Hurricane Isaias

Jul 31

FDA Announces FY 2021 Animal Drug User Fee Rates for ADUFA and AGDUFA

More CVM Updates

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

FDA Investigates Pig Ear Treats Linked to Human Salmonella Infections

FDA Alert About Performance Dog Raw Pet Food

Center

Jul 15

CVM GFI #265 Use of Data from Foreign Investigational Studies to Support Effectiveness of New Animal Drugs

Jul 15

CVM GFI #267 Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Clinical Studies to Support Effectiveness of New Animal Drugs

Jul 15

CVM GFI #268 Adaptive and Other Innovative Designs for Effectiveness Studies of New Animal Drugs

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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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