What is the role of FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)?

• A. Oversees animal drug approvals, drug safety and residues, and enforcement of veterinary drug regulations including VFD.
• B. Licenses and regulates veterinary biologics such as vaccines, diagnostic kits, and related products.
• C. Regulates meat and poultry processing.
• D. Manages import inspections of foods at ports.

Answer: (A)

The Center for Veterinary Medicine focuses on medicines used in animals, evaluating and approving animal drugs, monitoring their safety in both animals and people who may consume animal products, and enforcing how those drugs are used. This includes setting and enforcing rules on drug residues in meat, milk, and eggs, and managing key oversight tools like the Veterinary Feed Directive, which requires veterinary involvement for medicated feeds to prevent misuse and protect public health. The other options describe responsibilities handled by different agencies—licensing veterinary biologics is typically the job of the USDA’s veterinary biologics program, meat and poultry processing falls under FSIS, and import inspections of foods at ports are part of broader FDA/import and border-control operations.