Animal & Veterinary

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

Feb 04

Cargill Conducts Voluntary Recall of a Single Lot of Nutrebeef® Transition Pellet Due to Elevated Levels of Monesin

Dec 05

The J. M. Smucker Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of Special Kitty® Wet, Canned Cat Food Due to Health Concerns

Nov 14

Go Raw, LLC Recalls One Lot of Quest Beef Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk

For Industry

For Consumers

For Veterinarians

Feb 20

FDA Withdraws Outdated Compliance Policy Guides Related to Animal Food and Drugs

Feb 14

FDA Releases Revised Draft Guidance on Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances

Feb 12

FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Stakeholder Consultations with FDA on Development of Animal Food Additive Petitions and GRAS Notices

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

Feb 21

Guidance for Industry: FDA's Voluntary Qualified Importer Program

Feb 21

CVM GFI #191 Changes to Approved NADAs - New NADAs vs. Category II Supplemental NADAs

Feb 14

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

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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