Regulation and science

Regulation and Science

Experts employed by the government act like scientific auditors to assess the volumes of data generated by product manufacturers to ensure that each product:

• does what its label says it does (is efficacious)
• is what the manufacturer says it is
• is safe for the animal and the person administering the medicine
• doesn’t harm the environment, and
• has science-based safeguards to ensure that the meat, milk or eggs produced by a treated animal do not contain harmful residues from the medicine

 
This is not a simple undertaking. Bringing a major animal drug to market can take 7 to 10 years of research, and cost up to $100 million.