Review of AMDUCA and Extra-Label Drug Use in Food Animals

Abstract

This presentation will review the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) of 1994 and how the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) provides scientifically-based residue withholding information within the context of extra-label drug use guidelines. Several beef and dairy cases will be presented to demonstrate FARAD’s successes and challenges to minimize violative drug residues in animal-derived food products. Finally, several of the research initiatives developed by FARAD scientists that have improved withdrawal time estimation will be reviewed within the context of extra-label drug use in food animals.