Veterinary Drug Residues Risk Management

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety which was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome from 8 to 12 October 2007. The meeting concluded that ensuring safe feed is an important component of efforts to reduce and prevent food safety hazards and indicated several potential measures to ensure safe feed. Agenda of the meeting, list of participants, experts' resumes and list of documents are included as appendices. The report is being translated in French and Spanish. Printed copies may be requested from: Daniela.Battaglia@fao.org. (more) Publication Year: 2008	Feb 26, 2008
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Animal Nutrition - Legislation List Listing of legislation in the EU regarding such topics as feed additives, feed materials, undesirable substances, medicated feed, methods of analysis, genetically modified feed, and more. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2004	May 10, 2004
	Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada	Antimicrobial Resistance Policy Development This page outlines Health Canada's initiative to develop a policy framework to address antimicrobial resistance related to animal uses of antimicrobials. It includes summaries of minutes of the Advisory Committee on Animal Uses of Antimicrobials and Impact on Resistance and Human Health. (more)	Jul 29, 2002
	Huss, H.H.; Ababouch, L.; Gram, L.	Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality Report on risk assessment and management issues associated with seafood. Includes discussion of world seafood production and consumption, food safety systems, hazard identification and characterization, and risk management strategies such as HACCP, FSOs, microbiological criteria, traceability, and more. Appendices include "Assessment of Food Safety Programmes," "Hazard Analysis Worksheet," "HACCP Plan Form," and "Generic HACCP Plan for the Production and Processing of Oysters". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Nov 18, 2004
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Evaluation of Certain Veterinary Drug Residues in Food Monographs prepared at the 66th meeting of the JECFA held February 22–28, 2006 in Rome, Italy that summarize safety information for residues of certain veterinary drugs in foods. Veterinary drugs included are colistin, erythromycin, flumequine, melengestrol acetate, ractopamine hydrochloride, trichlorfon (metrifonate), triclabendazole and tylosin. Annexes include "Reports and other documents resulting from previous meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives," and others. (more) Publication Year: 2007	May 22, 2008
	Office of Public Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	FDA Increases Sampling of Imported Shrimp and Crayfish (Crawfish) FDA announcement from June 14, 2002 regarding increased sampling of imported shrimp and crayfish for the presence of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic drug. (more) Publication Date: Friday, June 14, 2002	Aug 7, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance: Third Edition This report discusses the FDA's thinking on the hazards associated with fish and fishery products and on controls for those hazards. It includes information on developing a HACCP Plan and discussion of such hazards as pathogens from the harvest area, parasites, natural toxins, chemical contaminants, aquaculture drugs, allergens, metal and glass inclusion, and more. (more) Publication Month: June 2001	Aug 7, 2002
	Directorate F - Food and Veterinary Office, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	General Guidance for Third Country Authorities on the Procedures to be Followed When Importing Live Animals and Animal Products into the European Union This document provides guidance to national authorities in third countries regarding EU legislation on importing live animals and products of animal origin from third countries. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2003	Oct 9, 2003
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs with Regard to Their Microbiological Effects on Bacteria of Human Health Concern This guidance document presents a risk analysis methodology for evaluating food safety considering potential microbiological effects of antimicrobial new animal drugs on bacteria of human health concern. It outlines a qualitative risk assessment methodology including release assessment, exposure assessment, consequence assessment, and risk estimation. Some risk management considerations are also discussed. There is an appendix entitled "Ranking of antimicrobial drugs according to their importance in human medicine". (more) Publication Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003	Oct 29, 2003
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Pre-Approval Information for Registration of New Veterinary Medicinal Products for Food-Producing Animals with Respect to Antimicrobial Resistance: VICH GL27: Final Guidance This document provides guidance on registration of therapeutic antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products that are intended for use in food-producing animals regarding the characterization of antimicrobial resistance selection in bacteria that affect human health. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2004	Apr 30, 2004

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