ScienceThe use of veterinary drugs is essential for ensuringlaying hens’health, improving egg production rates, and ensuring egg quality. The abuse or illegal use of veterinary drugscancreate food safety risks in livestock products and harm human health. Livestock and poultry farmers must strictly comply with national regulations on restricted and prohibited veterinary drugs to ensure that their farming practices are safe andLaw.
I. How to identify veterinary drugs
Veterinary drugs are substances used to prevent, treat, or diagnose animal diseases, or to intentionallyregulate animal physiological functions (including medicated feed additives). They are published in forms such as the Veterinary Pharmacopoeia of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, quality standards, and announcements. All legally approved veterinary drugs are equipped with a QR code approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, which can be scanned using the National Veterinary Drug Comprehensive InquiryApp.
II. Points to note when purchasing veterinary drugs
1, the words “veterinary drug” or “for veterinary use” are prominently displayed on veterinary drug packaging. The outer packaging bears a label and includes an instruction leaflet. The label or instruction leaflet must state the trademark, veterinary drug name, specifications, content,EnterprisesInformation, toxic drug markings, etc., must be printed on the packagingwith the letters GMP. If these markings are absent, please do not choose.
2, business enterprises that have passed the veterinary drug GSP acceptance inspection and obtained a Veterinary Drug Business License;
3, retain relevant documents (purchase orders, product listsorinvoices, receipts, etc.), with information such as the production batch number indicated on the documents.
4, veterinary prescription drugs must be purchased and used with a prescription issued by a licensed veterinarian.
III. Scientific and Standardized Use of Veterinary Drugs
Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary DrugsArticle Thirty-Eightthrough Article43 sets out the requirements for veterinary drug use. All farms must strictly follow the safe-use requirements for veterinary drugs, including indications, method and dosage of use, and withdrawal periods. Prescription drugs must be purchased and used strictly in accordance with the prescribed requirements and with a prescription issued by a licensed veterinarian. Complete and accurate medication records and Livestock and Poultry Farm Records must be maintained as required.
The use of human medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients is prohibited. The use of veterinary drugs that have not been approved by the state or have been phased out is prohibited. The use of drugs and other compounds prohibited by the state, as well as chloramphenicol, chlorpromazine,hexestrolSubstances such as diethylstilbestrol, furazolidone, metronidazole, and dimetridazole, for which residues must not be detected in the edible tissues of food-producing animals, and veterinary drugs prohibited for use in laying hens.
IV. IllegaluseAdministrative Penalties and Criminal Liability
Article of the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Drugs62 Article, 63 Article, 66 Article, 68 Article, and the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases Endangering Food Safety (Fa Shi〔2013〕12）clarified liability for unlawful use.
For failure to use veterinary drugs in accordance with national regulations, failure to keep medication records or keeping records that are incomplete or inaccurate, use of prohibited drugs or other compounds, or use of drugs for human use in animals, the responsible party shall be ordered to make immediate corrections, and the animals fed prohibited drugs or other compounds, as well as their products, shall be subject to harmless treatment; the violating entity shall be fined between1 ten thousand yuan and 5 ten thousand yuan; if losses are caused to others, compensation shall be paid in accordance with the law.
For use of veterinary prescription drugs without a prescription issued by a veterinarian, the responsible party shall be ordered to make corrections within a specified time limit, any illegal gains shall be confiscated, and a fine of up to5 ten thousand yuan shall be imposed; if losses are caused to others, compensation shall be paid in accordance with the law.
The addition of hormonal drugs and other prohibited drugs specified by the veterinary administrative department of the State Council to feed or animal drinking water shall be punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives; for directly adding active pharmaceutical ingredients to feed or animal drinking water, or feeding them to animals, the responsible party shall be ordered to make immediate corrections and fined between1 ten thousand yuan and 3 ten thousand yuan; if losses are caused to others, compensation shall be paid in accordance with the law.