Phibro Animal Health Corp.; Carbadox in Medicated Swine Feed; Revocation of Approved Method

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), is proposing an order to revoke the approved method for detecting residues of carbadox, a carcinogenic new animal drug used in swine feed. An approved method is required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as implemented by regulation, to show that no residue of carcinogenic concern from a new animal drug persists in any edible tissue or in any food derived from treated animals. The currently approved method measures quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid (QCA) as a marker residue to detect the presence of any residue of carcinogenic concern. CVM is proposing to revoke the approved method for carbadox based on our determination that it is inadequate to monitor residue of carcinogenic concern in compliance with FDA's operational definition of no residue because there is no established relationship between QCA measured by the approved method and the residue of carcinogenic concern.