Guidance for Industry: Assessment of the Effects of Antimicrobial Drug Residues from Food of Animal Origin on the Human Intestinal Flora; Availability

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry ( 52) entitled "Assessment of the Effects of Antimicrobial Drug Residues from Food of Animal Origin on the Human Intestinal Flora." This guidance is a revision of the guidance document 52 entitled "Microbiological Testing of Antimicrobial Drug Residues in Food," which was implemented in 1996. In this guidance, the agency recommends a pathway approach for assessing the microbiological safety of antimicrobial drug residues in food, rather than the approach described in the 1996 version of the guidance. The agency's decision to revise this guidance is based on new information available to the agency.