FDA WARNING_LETTER - Huyard, Christian M. - July 30, 2009

On February 12, 2010, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Christian M. Huyard, owner of a dairy operation in Christiana, Pennsylvania, following a July 30, 2009, investigation. The letter identified multiple violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Specifically, a dairy cow sold for slaughter on January 26, 2009, was found to be adulterated. USDA/FSIS analysis of tissue samples from this animal, slaughtered on January 27, 2009, revealed penicillin at (b)(4) ppm in kidney and (b)(4) ppm in liver, exceeding the 0.05 ppm tolerance (21 C.F.R. 556.510). Flunixin was also detected at (b)(4) ppm in liver, exceeding the 0.125 ppm tolerance (21 C.F.R. 556.286). This constitutes adulteration under section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Act.

The investigation also found insanitary conditions, including a failure to maintain complete treatment records, leading to the likelihood of medicated animals with harmful drug residues entering the food supply, thus adulterating food under section 402(a)(4) of the Act.

Furthermore, the new animal drugs flunixin and