Training tool available for Veterinary Feed Directive

A new training tool is available for agriculturalists who want to learn more about the Veterinary Feed Directive, a  federal directive that regulates the medications put into animals’ feed. The VFD went into affect Jan. 1. The tool, Module 29: Veterinary Feed Directive, was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's National Veterinary Accreditation Program, working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine and Iowa State's Center for Food Security and Public Health. The module is free and doesn't require a user name or password. It's available at http://aast.cfsph.iastate.edu/VFD/index.htm.