The FDA is in the final phase of Guidance for the Industry No. 263 on livestock antibiotic labels. For years, the FDA has been trying to get all livestock antibiotics under veterinary oversight.
“This will end over-the-counter sales of antibiotics, and livestock owners will need a prescription from a veterinarian if they want to continue to have access,” Craig Payne, a veterinarian at the University of Missouri Extension said.
In 2017, the FDA ordered feed antibiotics like Tetracycline and Penicillin to be pulled from store shelves and began requiring them to be administered under orders from a licensed veterinarian. That order also included antibiotics delivered by water.
“The public has an interest in what farmers are doing to care for livestock, and there’s an expectation that we are going to use antibiotics judiciously with livestock,” Jennifer Roberts, a veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim said.
“As veterinarians, we want to make sure that we are judiciously using antibiotics, and this regulation allows us to have a little more input on the farm and to have conversations with farmers about following medication protocol,” she said.
Under the FDA’s newest guidance, most antibiotics meant for any species of livestock will be affected. Those include cephapirin, cephapirin benzathine (ToDay and ToMORROW), penicillin G procaine, and penicillin G benzathine (Masti-Clear, Go-dry, Albadry Plus).
To accesses these medications, you’ll need to have a prescription from your veterinarian.
There will be some exceptions for vaccines, dewormers, fly control, teat sealants, hormone implants, and homeopathic medications.
In addition, bottles will require the words “Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.”
The new rules go into effect June 11th.
In part four of his blog series, “Top 10 Developments in Ag Law and Tax in 2023,” Roger McEowen tackles issue number four, the Employment Retention Credit.
January 31, 2024 09:00 AM
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In part three of his blog series, “Top 10 Developments in Ag Law and Tax in 2023,” Roger McEowen covers the Corps of Engineers’ mismanagement of Missouri River water levels.
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“Where The Food Comes From” visits M&B Products, a milk bottling plant in Temple Terrace, FL (a suburb of Tampa) with its farm in Lecanto, operated by the McClellan family. Get ready for a lesson in everything from milk bottling, to dairy nutrition, and bovine reproduction!
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If chocolate milke doesn’t come from brown cows (and strawberry milk certainly doesn’t come from pink ones), then where does it come from? Get the scoop!
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At Florida dairy operation M&B Products, we learn about bottling milk, lactose intolerance, and so much more!
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Two more key developments in ag law and taxation from 2023, a crackdown on biodiesel fraud and developments in self-employment taxation (#7 and #6), are the topic of today’s Firm to Farm blog post, the second in a series by RFD-TV agri-legal expert Roger McEowen.
January 18, 2024 12:44 PM
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The start of the review of the most important ag law and tax developments of 2023—that is the topic of today’s Firm to Farm blog post by RFD-TV agri-legal expert Roger A. McEowen
January 04, 2024 12:20 PM
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As we start the new year, let’s take a look at some of the legislative items from 2023 affecting agriculture that will continue to play out in the political area for months to come.
January 02, 2024 12:00 PM
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