# FDA WARNING_LETTER - A&G; Dairy Farms - July 29, 2013

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> FDA WARNING_LETTER for A&G; Dairy Farms on July 29, 2013. Product: Drugs. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: WARNING_LETTER
- Company Name: A&G; Dairy Farms
- Inspection Date: 2013-07-29
- Product Type: Drugs
- Office Name: San Francisco District Office
- Summary: On September 24, 2013, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to A & G Dairy Farms following an investigation conducted on July 23, 25, and 29, 2013, at their Crows Landing, California, dairy operation. The letter notified owners Alvin S. Melo and George Melo of violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) concerning the adulteration and extralabel use of new animal drugs.

The FDA found that A & G Dairy Farms adulterated and improperly used (b)(4) (penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin (b)(4)), (b)(4) (ceftiofur (b)(4) Sterile (b)(4)), and (b)(4) (isoflupredone acetate) Sterile Aqueous Suspension, (b)(4).

Specific violations include:
- Administering (b)(4) (penicillin-dihydrostreptomycin (b)(4)) mixed in cow's colostrum to bob veal calves, violating the labeled prohibition against using colostrum as food for 96 hours after calving and the servicing veterinarian's prescription. This extralabel use was in or on feed, violating 21 C.F.R. 530.11(b), rendering the drug unsafe and adulterated under sections 512(a) and 501(a)(5

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