Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Nov 21, 2024
§ 520.1696a - Penicillin G powder.

(a) Specifications. Each gram of powder contains penicillin G potassium equivalent to 1.54 million units of penicillin G.

(b) Sponsors. See Nos. 016592, 042791, 054771, 061133, and 076475 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) Related tolerances. See § 556.510 of this chapter.

(d) Conditions of use in turkeys—(1) Amount. 1,500,000 units per gallon drinking water for 5 days.

(2) Indications for use. Treatment of erysipelas caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

(3) Limitations. Discontinue treatment at least 1 day prior to slaughter. Not for use in turkeys producing eggs for human consumption. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

[57 FR 37326, Aug. 18, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 42493, Aug. 18, 1994; 60 FR 26359, May 17, 1995; 62 FR 55160, Oct. 23, 1997; 65 FR 10705, Feb. 29, 2000; 66 FR 14073, Mar. 9, 2001; 68 FR 4914, Jan. 31, 2003; 68 FR 26204, May 15, 2003; 69 FR 9946, Mar. 3, 2004; 69 FR 41428, July 9, 2004; 77 FR 20988, Apr. 9, 2012; 78 FR 28825, May 20, 2014; 81 FR 22523, Apr. 18, 2016; 81 FR 36789, June 8, 2016; 81 FR 94990, Dec. 27, 2016; 84 FR 8973, Mar. 13, 2019. Redesignated at 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020, as amended at 86 FR 57997, Oct. 20, 2021]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.
source: 40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 520.1696a