Phibro Animal Health Defends Safety and Use of Mecadox

November 13, 2023 — 

The FDA, through its Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), has taken two actions regarding Mecadox (carbadox), a drug marketed by Phibro Animal Health Corporation. Carbadox has been added to livestock feed since the 1970s to help combat diarrhea in young pigs.

"Today's steps are the latest in a long history of attempted measures taken by the FDA relating to carbadox that we do not believe are based on solid science," the company said in a release on Tuesday.

In the first action, FDA has provided notice of a Federal Register publication issuing a final order to revoke the approved method for detecting residues of carbadox, the company shared in a release.

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[Source: Farm Journal's Pork 7 November 2023 by Jennifer Shike]