The Federal Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture’s (JSA) Working Group on Quality Assurance in Aquaculture Production

The federal Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture’s (JSA) Working Group on Quality Assurance in Aquaculture Production has served as a national forum to address issues associated with new animal drug approvals, biologics licensing, producer quality assurance programs, international harmonization and much more since 1990. It offers an open national public-private sector forum to facilitate the exchange information, sharing of resources, and pursuit of resolutions to numerous issues of national and regional significance to the aquaculture industry. The Working Group is co-chaired by FDA-CVM and USDA-CSREES.

One goal of the JSA is to expand public access to its publications and activities, including its associated Task Forces and Working Groups. With this intent a new website has been created that provides information on the goals, objectives, background, current position, international activities and progress reports of the National Coordinator for Aquaculture New Animal Drug Applications (Rosalie Schnick).

For those interested in new animal drug approvals for aquaculture and related issues, you may wish to visit this new website under the JSA homepage at:

http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/jsa/Aquadrugs.htm