GUIDE TO DRUG, VACCINE, AND PESTICIDE USE IN AQUACULTURE (January 2004)

APPENDIX E: SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE

A number of resources are available to persons seeking further information about drug, vaccine, and pesticide use in aquaculture. These resources include the following consumer hotlines, federal and state agency contacts, producer quality assurance programs, and organizations.

Consumer Hotlines

United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Consumer Hotline: 515/232-5785. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Consumer Hotline can be used to report a problem with a veterinary biologic or diagnostic test kit or to obtain information about biologics.

Food and Drug Administration

FDA Office of Seafood Hotline: 1-800/FDA-4010. The hotline can be used to obtain information on the safety f the seafood supply; various publications; and other assistance.

Information on registration requirements, tolerances for pesticide residues in foods, and experimental use permits:

Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Pesticide Programs
Registration Division (7505C)
Registration Support Branch
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004
703/308-8340

A copy of a pesticide product label may be obtained through a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). As explained in Appendix B, interested parties should first pursue other sources of labels, but as a last resort (because it may take longer) a FOIA request may be made.

FOIA request by mail:

USEPA
HQ FOI Operations Staff (2822T)
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Fax number:(202)566-2147

FOIA request by e-mail: hq.foia@epa.gov 

Office of Pesticide Programs homepage: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides 

Pesticide Registration (Licensing) Information: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/index.htm 

Pesticides A-Z Index: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/a-z/index.htm 

Pesticides and Food: Pesticide Residue Limits on Food--Searchable Database: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/viewtols.htm

To view images of pesticide product labels on the Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS):
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/pestlabels 

To search EPA’s Pesticide Product Information System:

http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/epa/epamenu.htm (This is on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation website and searches EPA’s Pesticide Product Information System (PPIS) database. The PPLS link, above, requires a product’s registration number to search for it’s label. If you do not know the registration number, you can search all federally registered products by active ingredient, product name, or company name, in PPIS through this link, to get the registration number and other information.

FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Information on the drug approval process, on investigational new animal drugs or aquaculture:

Center for Veterinary Medicine Division of Therapeutic Drugs for Food Animals, HFV-130 7500 Standish Place Rockville, MD 20855 301/827-7580 Internet: Center for Veterinary Medicine Home page/ Aquaculture subpage http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/aquaculture/aqualibtoc.htm 

Information on approved drugs, regulations, and policies:

Office of Surveillance and Compliance Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-200) 7500 Standish Place Rockville, MD 20855 301/827-6642

Information on seafood standards, safety, and color additives:

Office of Seafood Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-417) 200 C St., SW Washington, DC 20204 202/254-3995

Information on food additives:

Division of Animal Feeds Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-220) 7500 Standish Place Rockville, MD 20855 301/827-6741

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Licensing and program policy information:

Deputy Director Veterinary Biologics Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Rm. 838, Federal Building 6505 Belcrest Rd. Hyattsville, MD 20782 301/436-8245

Inspection and enforcement information:

Deputy Director Veterinary Biologics, Field Operations Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 223 S. Walnut Ave. Ames, IA 50010 515/232-5785

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Information on registration requirements, tolerances, and experimental use permits:

Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs Registration Division (7505C) Registration Support Branch 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 703/308-8340

U.S. Department of the Interior

Information on chemicals and drugs used in aquaculture:

Technical Information Specialist
National Biological Survey
National Fisheries Research Center
P.O. Box 818
LaCrosse, WI 54602-0818
(608) 781-6200

Information on investigational new animal drugs:

The Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership (AADAP)
4050 Bridger Canyon Road
Bozeman, MT  59715
(406) 587-9265
http://fisheries.fws.gov/aadap 

Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank

The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) provides information on drugs, pesticides, and other chemicals used in aquaculture. For customized assistance, individuals and agencies are encouraged to contact one of the Regional Access Centers listed below.

California

Department of Environmental Toxicology College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences University of California Davis, CA 95616-8588 Phone: 916/752-7507 Fax: 916-752-0903 Optional numbers: 1-888-US-FARAD Internet: http://www.farad.org/

North Carolina

College of Veterinary Medicine North Carolina State University 4700 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27606 Phone: 919/829-4431 Fax: 919-829-4358 email: farad@ncsu.edu 

Illinois

National Animal Poison Control Center College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois 1220 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building 2001 S. Lincoln Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 217/333-6731

National NADA Coordinator

The National NADA Coordinator for Aquaculture acts as a liaison among various segments of the aquaculture industry and also as a liaison between the industry and FDA. The Coordinator's office serves as a repository for INAD information available to the public. The Coordinator also works with the aquaculture industry to identify data needed for complete data packages to support FDA approval of new animal drugs for aquaculture.

Rosalie (Roz) Schnick National Coordinator for Aquaculture New Animal Drug Applications 3039 Edgewater Lane La Crosse, WI 54603-1088 Tel: 608-781-2205 Fax: 608-783-3507 Website: http://aquanic.org/jsa/aquadrugs/index.htm  E-mail: RozSchnick@centurytel.net

Additional Information Sources and References:

Prevention Staff
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
7500 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855 
301-594-1755

NRSP-7 
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine 
7500 Standish Place 
Rockville, MD 20855 
Contact Person: Meg Oller, D.V.M. (FDA liaison to the NRSP-7) 
(301) 827-7581
http://www/nrsp-7.org 

USDA National Agricultural Library 
Alternative Farming Systems 
Aquaculture Information Center 
10301 Baltimore Blvd., Rm. 304 
Beltsville, MD 20705 
(301) 504-5558

United States Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Central Library
Silver Spring, MD
(301) 713-2607 ext. 134
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docaqua/frontpage.htm