98-7495. New Animal Drugs For Use In Animal Feeds; Monensin; Technical Amendment

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7495]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 528


New Animal Drugs For Use In Animal Feeds; Monensin; Technical 
Amendment

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal 
drug regulations for monensin by removing the duplicate assay limits 
that appear in the regulations. This action is necessary to ensure the 
accuracy and consistency of the regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David L. Gordon, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine (HFV-6), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 301-594-1739.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the animal drug regulations, provisions 
for the assay limits for monensin liquid feeds were established in the 
regulations for medicated feed applications in Sec. 558.4(d) (21 CFR 
558.4(d)) in the Category I table and in the monensin regulation in 
Sec. 558.355(c) (21 CFR 558.355(c)). In issuing the medicated feed 
regulations, assay limits were relegated to Sec. 558.4(d) in the 
Federal Register of March 3, 1986 (51 FR 7382 at 7393). Inadvertently, 
the monensin liquid feed assay limits were also established in 
Sec. 558.355(c). At this time, those limits in Sec. 558.355(c) are 
removed and the paragraph reserved.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 558

    Animal drugs, Animal feeds.
    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 558 is 
amended as follows:

PART 558--NEW ANIMAL DRUGS FOR USE IN ANIMAL FEEDS

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 558 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b, 371.

Sec. 558.355  [Amended]

    2. Section 558.355 Monensin is amended by removing and reserving 
paragraph (c).

    Dated: March 12, 1998.
Andrew J. Beaulieau,
Acting Director, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 98-7495 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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