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AgVetLink: Number 61, April 2007

Change to VM Labelling Guide

The Annex in the Labelling/Advertisinging Guide for Veterinary Medicines Requiring Registration has been altered. Section 13 In-water and in-feed medications now reads:

The labels of in-feed and in-water veterinary medicines must carry a sufficient amount of information to ensure animals undergoing treatment receive the required daily dose. Minimum information to be included is:

• a dose rate for each label species, eg in mg/kg, and

• where feed or water inclusion rates are recommended a statement that they are based on the notion that animals have a certain assumed intake, and should be adjusted as necessary to achieve the required dose rate where intakes vary from that assumed.

Where sufficient information is provided to show the product is not absorbed significantly and efficacy is based only on the concentration in ingesta not on a mg/kg dose rate, an in-feed inclusion rate alone may be considered sufficient information to provide accurate dosing. This will be considered on a case by case basis for individual products.