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Consumer Updates: Animal & Veterinary
Consumer Updates are timely articles that cover product approvals, safety warnings, and other health information for you and your family. You can sign up to receive e-mail alerts about new articles immediately after they are posted on FDA's Web site, or on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. You can also sign up for an RSS feed. Some of these articles are available in Spanish.
Consumer Updates related to FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) are featured on this page. CVM regulates the manufacture and distribution of food additives and drugs that are given to animals. CVM is responsible for regulating drugs, devices, and food additives given to, or used on, more than one hundred million companion animals, plus millions of poultry, cattle, swine, and minor animal species.
Animal & Veterinary
- Safe Use of Flea and Tick Products in Pets
- FDA 101: Animal Feed
- FDA Promotes Openness and Transparency to Public
- La FDA promueve la apertura y la transparencia hacia el público
- Treating Cushing's Disease in Dogs
- Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA
- FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch
- Pet Turtles: Cute But Contaminated with Salmonella
- Safe Handling Tips for Pet Foods and Treats
- Genetically Engineered Animals Diagram
- FDA Releases Final Guidance on Genetically Engineered Animals
- FDA publica la orientación final sobre la regulación de animales genéticamente modificados
- Caution to Dog Owners About Chicken Jerky Products
- Caution in Feeding Chicken Jerky to Dogs
- FDA and WebMD Form Partnership
- FDA Acts to Reduce Risk of Salmonella Infections
- FDA 101: Product Recalls - From First Alert to Effectiveness Checks
- Is It Really FDA Approved?
- New Steps to Improve Advisory Committee Processes
- Strengthening the Advisory Committee Process
- FDA 101: Advisory Committees
- Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals
- Pet Food Products Seized at PETCO Distribution Center
- Heartworm Prevention in Your Pet
- Strengthening Beef Safety
- FDA's Strategic Plan: Charting Our Course for the Future
- Charges Filed in Contaminated Pet Food Scheme
- Animal Cloning and Food Safety
- Beware of Ticks … & Lyme Disease
- Low Risk of Illness From Food Containing Melamine
- Contaminant Found in Second Pet Food Ingredient
- Pet Turtles Pose Salmonella Risk
- Dog Treats May Present Health Hazard
- Pet Food Recall: FDA's Ongoing Investigation
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