The Animal Drug Availability Act
(ADAA) of October 9, 1996, amended section 512 of the FD&C Act
to replace the system for the approval of specific medicated feed
with a general licensing system for feed mills. Before passage of
the ADAA, medicated feed manufacturers were required to obtain
approved Medicated Feed Applications (MFAs) in order to manufacture
certain types of medicated feeds. An individual approved MFA was
required for each and every applicable medicated feed. The ADAA
streamlined the paperwork process for gaining approval to
manufacture medicated feeds by replacing the MFA system with
a...
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