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Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
The following requirements shall apply to biological veterinary medicinal products except immunological products or where otherwise set out in Section IV.
Explanation for animal owners and veterinary health professionals on how the VMD calculates adverse event incidence rates for veterinary medicines
Guidance on the Specific Batch Control (SBC) scheme for release of product on to the UK market.
There are two additional routes available for sourcing medicines in NI, the Veterinary Medicine Health Situation Scheme and the Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme.
You can appeal against certain decisions made by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) that affect you.
List of words and phrases that will cause a veterinary product to be medicinal by presentation either through use or contextual use.
There must be sufficiently competent personnel to carry out all the tasks for which the wholesale dealer is responsible.
Actions to be taken by Marketing Authorisation Holders in order to supply veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
There are two additional routes available to support the supply of veterinary medicines in NI, the Veterinary Medicine Health Situation Scheme and the Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme.
The following requirements shall apply to immunological veterinary medicinal products, except where otherwise set out in Section IV.
Method of payment for fees charged for the specific activities carried out by the VMD.
Criteria applied by the VMD for accepting and agreeing the invented name of veterinary medicinal products.
Requirements for handling complaints, returns, suspected counterfeits and recalls.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
Guidance for vets, farmers and animal keepers on what the mg/PCU means and how it is calculated.
Definitive fees charged for applications under Schedule 7 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.
List of available products under the Veterinary Medicine Health Situation Scheme.
Requirements for documentation, procedures and record keeping.
Sets out the proper use of the indication, “Suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis”.
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