Prohibited Drugs FARAD

Question 1

Drugs with no allowable ELDU in any Food-Producing Animal Species

Answer 1

• Chloramphenicol
• Clenbuterol
• Diethylstilbesterol (DES)
• Fluoroquinolones
• Glycopeptides (including vancomycin)
• Medicated Feeds
• Nitroimidazoles (dimetridazole, metronidazole, ipronidazole)
• Nitrofurans (furazolidine, nitrofurazone, etc.)

Question 2

Drugs with restricted ELDU in food producing animals

Answer 2

• Adamantane and neuraminidase inhibitors (not approved for use in animals in the US)
• Cephalosporins (except cephapirin)
• Gentian violet
• Phenylbutazone
• Sulfonamide

Question 3

Cephalosporins labeled drug use

Answer 3

• In Major Food animals (Cattle, pigs, chickens, and turkeys) only for therapeutic indications that are not included on the product label
• ELDU is prohibited in all of the following: i
• Change in approved dose, treatment duration, frequency or administration route
• Intended use of a product in an unapproved major species
• Intended use of the product for the purpose of disease prevention

Question 4

Sulfonamide antibiotics

Answer 4

• ELDU of all sulfonamides is prohibited in adult lactating dairy cattle or dairy cattle greater than 20 months of age
• Only labeled uses of approved sulfonamides are allowed

Question 5

Group III: Drugs with special restrictions for Grade A dairy operations

Answer 5

• Non-medical grade dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), dipyrone and colloidal silver