Drug-use
Guidance...
Drugs which are forbidden for use
in aquatic animals and/or drugs FDA considers to be of
high enforcement priority:
The FDA has forbidden the use of certain
drugs in all animals or in specific groups of animals.
The basis for such decisions are primarily a function of
safety to the target animal, the environment or humans
who may come in contact with the drug either directly (during
the administration of the drug) or indirectly (e.g., via
consumption of an animal with drug residues or exposure
to effluent water containing the drug).
The following drug is prohibited for use in animal food or
feed, and specific government reference can be found at the link noted immediately following the drug.
Gentian violet (= crystal violet) [official government reference]
The following drugs are examples of drugs that FDA considers
to be of high enforcement priority (see CVM’s Policy
and Procedures Manual #1240.4200 listed below in the Guidance
Documents section):
Chloramphenicol
Nitrofurans
Fluoroquinolones and Quinolones
Malachite Green
Steroid Hormones
The following drugs are prohibited from being extralabelled
for food-animals, and specific government reference can be found at the link noted immediately following the drug.
Chloramphenicol [official government reference]
Clenbuterol [official government reference]
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) [official government reference]
Dimetridazole [official government reference]
Ipronidazole [official government reference]
Other nitroimidazoles [official government reference]
Furazolidone [official government reference]
Nitrofurazone [official government reference]
Sulfonamide drugs in lactating dairy cattle (except approved
use of sulfadimethoxine, sulfabromomethazine, and sulfaethoxypyridazine) [official government reference]
Fluoroquinolones [official government reference]
Glycopeptides [official government reference]
Phenylbutazone in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older [official government reference]
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