Janssen Animal Health is reminding veterinary practices, pharmacists and animal health retailers that the Veterinary Medicines Regulations now require them to register their premises if they wish to sell the poultry wormer, Flubenvet® 240 gram1. The premises have to be approved as category 8 distributors of premixes containing specified feed additives and Veterinary Medicinal Products by the VMD and a fee (currently £145) paid. Forms are available at
http://www.vmd.gov.uk/General/AppsPage/FeedingstuffsDistributor.pdf
Once the premises are registered, they can sell the product to
- Commercial producers who have to be registered separately as licensed mixers of medicines.
- Domestic non commercial (must not sell any meat or eggs) keepers, without them having to be registered as licensed mixers.
For most this means that the 60 gram pack of Flubenvet® 1% is the most practical option: no additional registration is required by the veterinary practice, pharmacist or merchant to sell this product and it is supplied under the normal conditions relating to POM-VPS products.
Flubenvet® 2.5% 240 gram is widely used by both large scale poultry keepers and the game bird industry. In some cases Flubenvet® will be supplied pre-mixed in feed after being incorporated at a registered mill where even mixing of the product can be assured. The Flubenvet® 1% 60 gram pack contains enough wormer to treat approximately 20 chickens and is also licensed for the treatment of geese and turkeys. The product is simply mixed in the daily feed ration and fed for a period of seven consecutive days.
For further information or to request free leaflets for clients and customers on poultry worming and administration of Flubenvet® please contact Janssen Animal Health on 01494 567555.
Further information
1. Medicated feed supplements that need to be mixed in greater than 30 Kg of animal feed (schedule 5 products), can no longer be supplied to veterinary practices, pharmacists or animal health retailers for them to sell unless they register as approved distributors of schedule 5 products – category 8 on the ‘Register of Approved Retailers Premises’. Most retail outlets do not register as category 8 distributors because they do not sell significant quantities of these products and there is also a cost involved in registering as a category 8 distributor that makes it unattractive to most merchants.
Registered retailers are also only able to sell medicated premixtures for mixing into more than 30kg of feed to commercial customers who are specifically registered with the VMD to mix these into animal foods. There is an exemption to sell to domestic producers who have no commercial benefit from their enterprise.
Flubenvet® 2.5% Medicated Premixtures contains 2.5% w/v flubendazole.
Flubenvet® 1% Medicated Premixtures contains 1% w/v flubendazole
For further information contact Janssen Animal Health, 50-100 Holmers Farm Way, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP12 4EG Tel 01494 567555 Fax 01494 567556 Email: ahealth@jacgb.jnj.com
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