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Who Regulates Animal Feed? FDA regulates animal feed to ensure that it's safe for the billions of animals in the U.S., including chickens, turkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, fish, dogs, cats, and horses.

The Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule is an important part of the agency's overall strategy to ensure the judicious use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals.

The veterinarian must keep the original VFD for two years.

The final rule became effective on October 1, 2015.

retain records of VFD manufacturing for 1 year in ance with 21 CFR part 225 and make such records available for inspection and copying by FDA upon request; obtain, as the originating distributor (consignor), an acknowledgement letter from the receiving distributor (consignee) before the feed is shipped; and.

The VFD expiration date requirement in the final rule specifies that this is the date that authorization to feed the VFD feed to animals expires. Animals must not be fed the VFD feed after the expiration date of the VFD.

A Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) is a written order (paper or electronic) by a licensed veterinarian in the course of their practice approving the use of a VFD medication.

the approximate age range of the animals; the approximate weight range of the animals; and. any other information the veterinarian deems appropriate to identify the animals at issue.