Welcome to the U.S. FARAD online request system for questions regarding withdrawal information for drugs or chemicals used in an extralabel manner in food animals. This no cost service is limited to U.S. licensed veterinarians only. Federal law prohibits extralabel drug use by non-veterinarians. If you are not a licensed veterinarian and have a question for FARAD, please call 1-888-873-2723.

FARAD personnel will attempt to respond to questions within 72 hours. If this is an emergency, please ALSO call FARAD at 1-888-873-2723.

For questions regarding use of drugs in food animals, according to the FDA label, please check www.farad.org. Canadian Veterinarians can submit requests at www.cgfarad.usask.ca.

FARAD is a national, cooperative, USDA-CSREES-sponsored project whose mission is the prevention and mitigation of illegal chemical residues in foods of animal origin. FARAD is a cooperative project involving three Universities; North Carolina State University, the University of Florida, and the University of California, Davis.

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Webmaster: K. H. Fitzgerald, Programmer/Analyst, FARAD: khfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu