FDA to Start Testing for Drug Residues on Dairy Farms

[Recursion]

Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection

The Food and Drug Administration will soon begin a milk sampling program aimed at approximately 900 dairies across the U.S. that have had a meat residue violation in the past three years.

The dairies will be randomly selected from a national pool of 1600-1800 dairies. The FDA is concerned that operations that have marketed an animal with a confirmed meat residue may be at higher risk of selling milk with violative residues, particularly with non beta-lactam drugs. Of particular interest are the anti-inflammatory drug flunixin meglumine and the sulfa family of drugs.

Since the announcement of FDA's intent, dairy organizations and co-ops have provided information to producers, and many veterinarians and dairy producers have been looking at their treatment protocols and withholding times more closely.

However, there are still some questions producers have about the process and the consequences of the testing program. And, probably more important is: What are the reasons for the residues seen and what should we look for to tighten up our drug use procedures?

Read more: http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=403&yr=2011

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Actually that's the whole article, so the "read more" bit is misleading.

[Javaman]

1. This just in...

Cows found to have traces of cocaine.


Today, the FDA found residue trace amounts of cocaine around the nostrils of selected breeds of bovine.

A neighbor was quoted as saying, "we all thought the cows looked a little "jittery". I called my children in when the cows started to act in an overt sexual manner toward them".

The FDA long with the ATF confiscated scores of hay-bales. No report yet as to the contents of said bales.

Old Mcdonald was unavailable for comment. A representative left a cryptic message on our newsrooms answering machine: "e, i, e, i, o".

We are still trying to source out it's meaning.

[skoalyman]

2. He may of been sittin on a fence with a monkey wrench when he made

the call e, i, e, i, o lol