FDA to Allow Imports of Salmon and Trout With Unapproved Animal Drug Benzocaine
The Food and Drug Administration will allow imports of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout containing low amounts of the unapproved animal drug benzocaine, it said. Specifically, FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine set an import tolerance of 50 parts per billion…
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of benzocaine in muscle with adhering skin for Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. The import tolerance was requested by ACD Pharmaceuticals, FDA said. Under the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, it is unlawful to import animal-derived food that bears or contains residues of an unapproved new animal drug unless an import tolerance has been established for residues of that drug and any residues do not exceed that tolerance, FDA said.