E6-20928. Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Oxytetracycline Powder

AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by IVX Animal Health, Inc. The supplemental ANADA revises labeling of generic oxytetracycline soluble powder with the current scientific names of the causative bacteria of foulbrood of honeybees.

DATES:

This rule is effective December 8, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joan C. Gotthardt, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-130), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 301-827-7571, e-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

IVX Animal Health, Inc., 3915 South 48th Street Ter., St. Joseph, MO 64503, filed a supplement to ANADA 200-247 that provides for the use of Oxytetracycline HCl Soluble Powder-343 in several species. The supplement revises labeling of generic oxytetracycline soluble powder with the current scientific names of the causative bacteria of foulbrood of honeybees. The supplemental ANADA is approved as of November 9, 2006, and the regulations are amended in 21 CFR 520.1660d to reflect the approval and a current format.

Approval of this supplemental ANADA did not require review of additional safety or effectiveness data or information. Therefore, a freedom of information summary is not required.

FDA has determined under 21 CFR 25.33(a)(1) that this action is of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

This rule does not meet the definition of “rule” in 5 U.S.C. 804(3)(A) because it is a rule of “particular applicability.” Therefore, it is not subject to the congressional review requirements in 5 U.S.C. 801-808.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 520

• Animal drugs

Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and redelegated to the Center for Veterinary Medicine, 21 CFR part 520 is amended as follows:

PART 520—ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS

1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 520 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

2. In § 520.1660d, revise paragraph (d)(2)(ii) to read as follows:

§ 520.1660d

Oxytetracycline powder.

(d) * * *

(2) * * *

(ii) Indications for use. For control of American foulbrood caused by Paenibacillus larvae and European foulbrood caused by Streptococcus pluton susceptible to oxytetracycline.

Dated: November 22, 2006.

Steven D. Vaughn,

Director, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for Veterinary Medicine.