Sponsors of new animal drugs must meet
certain statutory requirements for new animal drug approval under
section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
360b), among which the sponsor must demonstrate that the use of the
drug is safe. For drugs used in food producing animals, CVM reviews
whether drug residues would be harmful to humans. One harmful
effect could be an effect on the human intestinal flora. For
residues determined to have no antimicrobial activity on the human
intestinal flora, toxicity studies to determine an ADI would be
used and the burden......
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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benefit, or mandatory);
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