The veterinary profession has a responsibility to ensure the safety of foods of animal origin and to protect the health of American consumers.

The AVMA Board of Directors, while meeting April 5-6, approved the new "AVMA Policy on Global Food Security."

Questions/answers about Salmonella and pet food: How can pet food become contaminated? How can humans and pets become infected? How can you minimize…

AVMA comments on Federal Register Notice Docket No. FDA-2013-N-1043 Draft Qualitative Risk Assessment of Risk of Activity/Animal Food

The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service posted flyers everywhere at AVMA Convention 2017, this past July in Indianapolis,…

A report from a science source for food, agricultural, and environmental issues calls for research on connections among animal

Members of Congress are pushing the Food and Drug Administration in opposite directions over whether the agency should finish investigating

The FDA's Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) requires a veterinarian’s involvement when any medically important antibiotic is fed to a food animal…

Formal title: Docket Number [FDA-2010-D-0094] Draft Guidance #209: the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food Producing

Formal title: Docket Number [FDA-2008-N-0326] New Animal Drugs; Cephalosporin Drugs; Extralabel Animal Drug Use; Order of Prohibition The Food and…

A series of Salmonella outbreaks in Israel sickened people from spring 2017 through summer 2019.

The National Association of Federal Veterinarians has proposed resolutions to the AVMA House of Delegates

State officials blame broken quarantines, call for added biosecurity

The theme of World Veterinary Day 2018, which falls on April 28, is “The role of the veterinary

Vaccination is an essential tool for preventive veterinary medicine, according to the World Veterinary Association.

Poultry companies will need to test for microbial contamination at two points in the production process

Merck & Co. will publish the 11th edition of The Merck Veterinary Manual in July.

The AVMA and American Academy of Pediatrics adopted a joint statement, “The Value of Professional Collaboration in Protecting the

Formal title: Docket Number [FDA-2008-N-0326] New Animal Drugs; Cephalosporin Drugs; Extralabel Animal Drug Use; Order of Prohibition In the July…

The Department of Agriculture has grown from a collector and distributor of farming information during the 1860s to, today, a

Unpasteurized milk has found a niche, with devoted followers hyping its taste and purported health benefits.

A third of all U.S. households with dogs use supplements, as do about a fifth of households with cats, according to a report on pet supplements from…

The availability of glucosamine for animals seemed to be in question 15 years ago.

Volunteers are sought to serve on the new AVMA Committee on Antimicrobials beginning in September 2016.

On April 30, World Veterinary Day 2016 will promote continuing education for veterinarians in one health.