FDA WARNING_LETTER - Canadian Feedyard, LLLP - November 07, 2013

On November 5-7, 2013, the FDA inspected Canadian Feedyard, LLLP, identifying multiple violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The firm offered two steers for slaughter as food that were adulterated. A steer sold on May 20, 2013, had 0.406 ppm of flunixin residue in the liver, and another sold on June 27, 2013, had 0.713 ppm, both exceeding the FDA tolerance of 0.125 ppm. This violates 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(2)(C)(ii).

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, violating 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4). Furthermore, the firm adulterated the new animal drug (b)(4) mg/ml (Flunixin Meglumine, ANADA (b)(4)) by administering it extralabelly (not following the approved route of administration) without a licensed veterinarian's supervision, violating 21 C.F.R. 530.11(a), and resulting in illegal residues, violating 21 C.F.R. 530.11