Regulatory

Washington - 8/23/2007 - Up to $5.9 million in aid from the United States Department of Agriculture will be available to a Kansas town and surrounding areas leveled by a powerful tornado in late May that left over 400 animals displaced.

Washington, D.C. - 7/3/07 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed the first U.S./European agreement for assessing food safety risk. This is the first formal international cooperative agreement EFSA has signed and the first formal step in cooperation between the two bodies.

Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is working to establish a voluntary trichinae-certification program for U.S. pork.

Washington - Dr. David Acheson was appointed assistant commissioner for Food Protection, a newly created role within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide advice and counsel on food-safety and food-defense issues.

Washington, D.C. - 5/18/07 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the selection of Craig A. Morris as the deputy administrator of AMS' Livestock and Seed Program.

Rockville , MD. - The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine posted its Cumulative Adverse Drug Experiences (ADE) Summaries Report, providing veterinarians and animal owners easy access to information about reactions and other signs that have been associated with drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of the nation?s first human vaccine for H5N1 influenza, commonly known as avian or bird flu.

Jefferson City, Mo. - A Missouri Supreme Court ruling that exempts the retail sale of prescription veterinary drugs from the state pharmacy board's oversight has prompted a Senate bill calling for regulatory clarification.

Washington -- Proponents of an overdue national program to beef up veterinary medicine's presence in underserved, largely rural areas are pressuring its administrator -- USDA.

New York - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first drug for managing canine obesity, a common health-threatening condition in millions of dogs in the United States.

New Orleans –– A federal appeals court ruled that horse slaughter is illegal in Texas, home to two of the country's three processing plants.

SHAWNEE MISSION, KAN. - 1/31/2007 - Bayer Healthcare LLC recently received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new topical product targeting fleas, heartworms and intestinal nemotodes for both dogs and cats. Bayer officials report the approval and subsequent launch signal an important development for broad-spectrum parasite control. Advantage Multi-TM for Dogs Topical Solution and Advantage Multi-TM for Cats Topical Solution are available by prescription only through licensed veterinarians.

Fort Collins, Colo. - Roughly 385,000 lambs and 215,300 sheep were lost due to predator and nonpredator causes in 2004, representing 9.4 and 5.6 percent of the U.S. lamb crop and sheep inventory, respectively.

New Orleans - Federal regulators want the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn a trial court's ruling that limits the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) jurisdiction over the production of some compounded drugs.

Alexandria, Va. - Veterinarians renewing their annual Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration will pay more after Nov. 1, as reported in a recent Federal Register.

Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to amend regulations regarding the National Veterinary Accreditation Program (NVAP) to establish new categories, add training and renewal requirements and offer accreditation specializations.

Washington - While compounding proponents claim victory to a recent district court decision, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is weighing its options.

Madison, N.J. - Fort Dodge Animal Health received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Pyramid 10 and new label claims for Pyramid 5 in pregnant cows and calves nursing pregnant cows (provided the cows were vaccinated pre-breeding, according to label instructions, with Pyramid? 5 or Pyramid? 10).

Rockville, MD. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold a public meeting Sept. 12 to present a work-in-progress method for ranking feed contaminants according to the relative risks they pose to animal and human health.

Midland, Texas - The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulatory authority over compounded veterinary medicines hinges on a ruling by a judge who's already hinted at limiting the agency's control in the human sector.

Rockville, MD. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an updated compliance report concerning its Ruminant Feed Ban.

Lexington, Ky. - Researchers, industry leaders and funding agencies gathered to develop a blueprint for future success in equine research.

College Park, MD. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) celebrates 100 years of the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906.

ROCKVILLE, MD. - 08/03/06 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold a public meeting Sept. 12 to present a work-in-progress method for ranking feed contaminants according to the relative risks they pose to animal and human health.

BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO - 06/06/06 - Bioniche Life Sciences issued a warning about a counterfeit version of its Hippiron 1000 product that could be associated to the death of a horse in Ontario.

Riverdale, MD. - Government analysis shows that the nation's risk for a mad cow outbreak is so low, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to ease testing protocols for the brain-wasting malady.

Washington - The U.S. government has joined the microchip fray at the request of the two-year-old Coalition for Reuniting Pets with Families.

Toledo, Ohio - More than a year after the Ohio Supreme Court quashed part of the state's vicious dog laws, an appeals panel finds another section of code as well as a Toledo ordinance targeting Pit Bulls unconstitutional.