Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2010, author response to letter by Don Henneke, Sheryl King, William Day and Pat Evans regarding Association of phenylbutazone usage in horses bought for slaughter: A public health risk

摘要

We are responding to the letter by Henneke, King, Day and Evans regarding our paper entitled: "Association of phenylbutazone usage in horses bought for slaughter: A public health risk." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and comparable agencies in Canada, United Kingdom, and the European Union ban phenylbutazone in all food-producing animals, including horses. The FDA website describing the phenylbutazone ban is located here: http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMU pdates/ucml 24078.htm. As stated by the FDA in the website: "Use in horses is limited to use in horses not intended for food. There are currently no approved uses of phenylbutazone (PBZ) in food-producing animals."