Products covered under Guidance #263 are to be removed from over-the-counter availability by June 11, 2023. By Becky Funk, DVM &  Jesse Fulton, Director of Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance In 2017 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began implementing the Guidance for the Industry #213 otherwise known as the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). Implementation of the VFD focused on veterinary oversight of medically important antibiotics delivered to livestock via feed and/or water, leaving a loophole for those products that were available over-the-counter (OTC) by other dosage forms. Because of this, on June 11, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration quietly...

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