Animal & Veterinary

Information and resources available to industry members and consumers on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and animal health and safety.

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

Animal Drugs

Animal Food (including Pet Food)

Animal Medical Devices

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For Industry

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For Consumers

For Veterinarians

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, industry, and publicaciones en español

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, National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), 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 17

Freshpet Voluntarily Recalls One Lot of Freshpet Select Fresh from the Kitchen Home Cooked Chicken Recipe 4.5-Pound Bags Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

Feb 18

Family Dollar Stores Issues Voluntary Recall of Certain FDA-Regulated Products in Six States Including Drugs, Devices, Cosmetics, Foods

Dec 23

Woody’s Pet Food Deli Recalls Raw Cornish Hen Pet Food for Salmonella Health Risk

Jun 27

FDA Announces Virtual Public Meeting on Advanced Manufacturing for Animal Drugs

Jun 27

FDA Announces Animal Biotechnology Webinar on Low-Risk Intentional Genomic Alterations in Animals for Food Use

Jun 16

FDA Conditionally Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs

More CVM Updates

Center

May 10

CVM GFI #272 Practices to Prevent Unsafe Contamination of Animal Feed from Drug Carryover

May 10

CVM GFI #3 General Principles for Evaluating the Human Food Safety of New Animal Drugs Used In Food-Producing Animals

Apr 28

Draft Guidance for Industry: The Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Questions and Answers

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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