FDA NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: July 10,
2012
Media Inquiries: Pat El-Hinnawy, 301-796-4763, patricia.el-hinnawy@fda.hhs.gov
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Media Inquiries: Pat El-Hinnawy, 301-796-4763, patricia.el-hinnawy@fda.hhs.gov
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA
A Wisconsin livestock company and its owner have entered into a consent decree of permanent injunction resulting from a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FDA alleging violations of federal food and drug safety requirements.
According to the government’s complaint, Dan Nolan Livestock LLC and its
owner, Daniel W. Nolan, of Bonduel, Wisc., did not maintain adequate animal
treatment records concerning the drug treatment of food animals. FDA inspectors
also found that the company and Nolan used new animal drugs illegally, and did
not adequately distinguish between medicated and non-medicated animals for sale
for use as human food.
U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach of the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, signed the consent decree on July 9, 2012.
The FDA took the action because it is concerned about the sale of animals
for human food that may contain levels of animal drugs and could have the
potential for adverse effects on human health.
Among other requirements, the company and Nolan must implement a system
that identifies the source of each animal and whether the animal was medicated.
The firm also must implement a drug inventory and accountability system and
provide purchasers, receivers, and consignees with written statements describing
how the animal was medicated, or stating that the animal was not
medicated.
If the FDA finds that the defendants are not in compliance with the decree,
the agency may require defendants to cease selling and delivering any food
animals. Failure to obey the terms of the consent decree could also result in
civil or criminal penalties.
The FDA had inspected Dan Nolan Livestock LLC previously after the USDA
found violative tissue residues in the defendants’ animals. Such illegal drug
residues create potential public health hazards. FDA’s inspections showed that
the firm had treated animals in an “extra label” manner without a valid
veterinarian-client-patient relationship and lacked adequate animal husbandry
practices.
Dan Nolan Livestock had dispensed drugs (gentamicin, tulathromycin and
tilmicosin) to animals without a valid prescription from a licensed veterinarian
or as prescribed on the label.
For more information:
- Warning Letter1, December 15, 2004
- Source of letter is here.
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