a component of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance & Depletion Program
Banco de datos para evitar residuos en animales de consumo en Español
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Search our online database of uses, restrictions and required withdrawal times (WDT) for FDA drugs approved in food animal species.
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If you are a licensed veterinarians, please use our FREE online submission form for questions regarding accidental chemical contamination or drugs used in an extralabel manner in food animals.
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FARAD-recommended Withdrawal Interval Recommendations for selected extra-label uses of a limited number of drugs.
Prohibited and Restricted Drugs
The FDA can limit the prohibition on extra-label use to specific species, indications, dosage forms, routes of administration, or a combination of these, as well as prohibit them from use in any food-producing animal.
Learn about the law, requirements, and restrictions of extra-label drug use.
A VFD Order is a written statement from a licensed veterinarian that authorizes a client to use a VFD drug.
Drug handling and species specific operation information for veterinarians, pharmacists and producers.
This database contains documents that have time versus concentration data for live animals with a focus on food animal species.
Definitions of use classes for Major Food Animal, Companion Animal and Minor Species, as defined by the FDA.
FARAD exists because of the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1994 (AMDUCA).