Part five: Health products

The extemporaneous preparation of veterinary medicinal products, including the extemporaneous preparation of medicated feed provided for in article L. 5143-3, is carried out in accordance with good practice, the principles of which are defined, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, by order of the Ministers for Agriculture and Health.

For the purposes of article L. 5143-3, a user approved to carry out the extemporaneous preparation of medicated feedingstuffs means the professional keeper of animals belonging to species whose flesh or products are intended for human consumption and who himself carries out the extemporaneous preparation of medicated feedingstuffs intended exclusively for animals which he or one of his employees keeps, raises or cares for. To obtain approval, the user submits…

The user prepares the medicated feed extemporaneously in accordance with the good practices mentioned in article R. 5143-1. Medicated feed may only be prepared extemporaneously from a single medicated premix. However, when the veterinarian’s prescription expressly so provides, a medicated feed may be prepared extemporaneously from more than one medicated premix when no appropriate medicated premix is available, within a timeframe compatible with therapeutic requirements, for the disease to be…

The pharmacist or veterinary surgeon under whose authority the facilities for the extemporaneous preparation of medicated feed are operated is bound by an agreement with the user and : 1° Places orders for medicated premixes for each prescription with an operator, stockist or wholesale distributor of medicated premixes; the order is accompanied by one of the copies of the prescription mentioned in article R. 5141-111 ; 2° Check the conditions…