Last month, I listened to a podcast interviewing the owner of Straight Arrow, the parent company that produces Mane and Tail and Cowboy Magic products. As a lifelong horse owner
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Advances in Animal Agriculture Part I
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Animal agriculture, like other animal-related industries, is a constantly evolving enterprise, informed by results from scientific studies focused on the best methods to raise livestock so as to minimize animal…
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FDA Prepares for Implementation of Its Veterinary Feed Directive
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FDA, gearing up for the implementation of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), recently “issued a letter reminding retail establishments that sell medically important antimicrobials for use in feed or…
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FDA revises its guidance for drug sponsors of new food animal drugs
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FDA issued a draft revised guidance for industry, “General Principles for Evaluating the Human Food Safety of New Animal Drugs Used In Food-Producing Animals” in July 2016 that…
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Scientific Advances in Animal Agriculture
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The humane standards of care of animals are constantly changing, as informed by scientific advances. Animal agriculture, in particular, has been evolving for decades. Livestock housing techniques, like other husbandry…
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ACI’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs and Therapeutics-Part III: Governance of Veterinary Drugs
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A number of presenters at this recent conference described the landscape of federal and state oversight of veterinary drugs and therapeutics.
Here is a quick primer on the topic:
USDA’s…
ACI’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs and Therapeutics-Part II: Availability of Prescription Drugs for Pets
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At the conference, Kent McClure, General Counsel, Animal Health Institute, presented updates on four topics of primary concern to veterinarians and animal health industries:
• Distribution Practices
•…
Snippets from ACI’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs and Therapeutics-Part I
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I attended the first ever Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs and Therapeutics, “a comprehensive guide to the latest developments affecting drugs for companion animals…
Feds Taking a Closer Look at Raw Pet Food
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As discussed in prior postings, there are animal and public health concerns associated with the growing practice of feeding raw food to pets.
The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”)…
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Listeria in raw pet food-basis of recall
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Concerns about raw pet food, previously discussed, have resurfaced with the laboratory isolation of listeria in pet food subsequently recalled by J.J. Fuds, Inc., out of an abundance of…
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