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J. Anim Sci. 1973. 37:213-214.
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The Responsibility of FDA to the Livestock Industry and the Consumer. I. Objectives of the Division of Nutritional Sciences1

Jack C. Taylor and David P. Ducharme

Food and Drug Administration,2 Rockville, Maryland 20852

Abstract

The Division of Nutritional Sciences has one main objective. This is to assure that any new animal drug (or feed additive) will, when approved, be safe and effective for its intended use. The decision to approve a drug for use in animals is based on a thorough review of scientific data supplied by the applicant in the form of a new animal drug application (NADA). Information available from the literature and from other sources is also considered.

It is realized that animal performance is related to feeding practices, breeding and management. Therefore, drugs and other feed additives used at less than therapeutic levels comprise only one of the tools by which the industry seeks to make additional gains in improving animal performance. To a large degree the pharmaceutical industry initiates the development of these products. Next, the universities and colleges—together with private laboratories—assist in testing the products, collecting the required data and analyzing the results.

Footnotes

1 Presented as part of a Symposium, The Responsibility of FDA to the Livestock Industry and the Consumer, at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Animal Science, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 1, 1972.

2 Division of Nutritional Sciences, Bureau of Veterinary Medicine.






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