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17 FDA Veterinarian 1 (2002)

handle is hein.animal/fdavt0017 and id is 1 raw text is: January/February 2002 Vol. XVII, No. I FDA VETERINARIAN STATEMENT BY HHS SECRETARY TOMMY G. THOMPSON Regarding Release of Harvard BSE Risk Assessment A Harvard University study released today has found that thanks to the joint efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)- or Mad Cow Disease-poses only an extremely low risk to our con- sumers and agriculture. The study shows that even if the disease should appear in the United States, it would be contained by the safeguards already put in place by the Food and Drug Administration and USDA. This is a reassuring find- ing, but it also means that we can- not let those safeguards down, and that we must constantly keep improv- ing them. Protecting our country against BSE has been among my top concerns since I took my present post. One of my first initiatives was the launching of an action plan to protect this coun- try against BSE. Today, I want to join the Harvard researchers in emphasizing the criti- cal importance of FDA rules that pro- tect our herds from BSE. As the Harvard study demonstrates, these rules are a strong firewall against the spread of BSE in American herds. Since these measures were put in place in 1997, FDA has gone to great lengths to impress on all renderers, feed mills and similar establishments in this country that these ? rules are vital for the health of our consumers, agriculture, and eco- FDA feed r nomy. As part of the pro- from BSE. gram, FDA and its state feed inspec- tor colleagues have developed a special guidance for the animal feed industry, held public meetings with stakeholders, and conducted more than 12,000 inspections and re-in- spections of the more than 10,000 renderers and feed mills in the U.S. These inspections will continue. Support for FDA's measures has been gratifying. Industry and govern- ment agree: American consumers can and must be protected. Today, we are well on the way to achieving full compliance, and we must not settle for less. i/es play a critical role in protecting our herds There are still some components of the animal feed industry that are fail- ing to live up to the FDA standards. I want it to be clear that we intend to enforce FDA's rules with increased vigor. FDA, USDA, and our state and pri- vate sector partners deserve to be congratulated on their performance in combating BSE. But we cannot rest on our success to date. As the Harvard assessment makes clear, continued vigilance and concern are essential. This statement was issued Friday, November 30, 2001. El VMAC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 2002 T he FDA Veterinary Medicine Ad- visory Committee (VMAC) will meet on January 22, 23, and 24, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the DoubleTree Hotel, Plaza Rooms I, II, and III, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. This FDA public advisory com- mittee meeting will be open to the public. The general function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. At the Janu- ary meeting, VMAC will seek recom- mendations on the issues of import tolerances under the provisions of the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 (ADAA), and on the antimicro- bial drug effects on pathogen load in food-producing animals as pathogen load relates to the pre-approval proc- ess of new animal drug applications (NADAs). Information concerning the (Continued, next page) In This Issue NRSP-7 Committee Meeting ..... 2 Surveying Feed Commodities for Antibiotic Resistance ......... 6 Antimicrobials in Hatcheries .... 8 CVM Establishes New Project Management Staff ...... 11 U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE

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