The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting public comments regarding antimicrobial use in companion animals, which includes dogs, cats and horses.
“Although most of the FDA’s animal antimicrobial stewardship efforts to-date have been related to food-producing animals, the FDA recognizes that there is also a need to better understand how the use of antimicrobial drugs to treat companion animals might contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance in both animals and people,” FDA said in a press release.
Comments will be accepted through June 16 and may be submitted by searching for document ID FDA-2021-N-1305 at regulations.gov.
Comments may also be submitted through mail to Dockets Management Staff, HFA-305, Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
