H.R. 5140 · 114th Congress
VFD Repeal Act of 2016
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What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 29, 2016
VFD Repeal Act of 2016
This bill repeals the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) final rule regarding the Veterinary Feed Directive published on June 3, 2015, and prohibits the FDA from issuing any similar rule. (Veterinary Feed Directive regulations prohibit the use of medically important antibiotics for animal production purposes. Under these regulations, an animal producer may only use such antibiotics with the authorization of a veterinarian for the prevention, control, or treatment of a specifically identified disease. The rule repealed by this bill revised those regulations, including to require a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship for a veterinarian to authorize the use of antibiotics.)Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: VFD Repeal Act of 2016
Latest action (May 6, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 29, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.