Zdrowie i gospodarka · 23.12.1999

FDA Response to Comments on a Proposed Framework for Evaluating and Assuring the Human Food Safety of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs Intended for Use in Food-Producing Animals; Availability

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a document entitled ``FDA Response to Comments on a Proposed Framework for Evaluating and Assuring the Human Food Safety of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs Intended for Use in Food-Producing Animals.'' The comments were received in response to a document entitled ``Discussion Paper: `A Proposed Framework for Evaluating and Assuring the Human Safety of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs Intended for Use in Food-Producing Animals' '' (the Framework Document) that FDA made public and discussed at the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC) meeting in January 1999. FDA intends to revise the Framework Document in response to the comments. Specific aspects of the Framework Document are to be discussed at two workshops scheduled for December 9 and 10, 1999, and February 22 and 23, 2000, and at later workshops currently being considered. For additional information, see the notice of availability of the guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Consideration of the Human Health Impact of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs Intended for Use