on January 16, 2015
Regulations
Coming in 2016: Three proposed changes to the Veterinary Feed Directive
Major updates include increasing the number of VFD drugs, additional regulations and streamlining the administrative burden
With an updated number of 283 drugs added to the new Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) program, nutritionists that currently rely on antimicrobial drugs for improving feed efficiency for production uses in food-animals may need to reformulate feeds to meet the regulations in 2016. But nutritionists aren’t the only ones that…