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The '''Center for Veterinary Medicine''' (CVM) is a branch of the [[Food and Drug Administration (United States)|U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) that regulates the manufacture and distribution of [[compound feed|food]], food additives, and [[drugs]] that will be given to animals. These include animals from which [[food|human foods]] are derived, as well as [[compound feed|food additives]] and drugs for [[pets]] or [[companion animals]]. CVM is responsible for regulating drugs, [[medical devices|devices]], and [[compound feed|food additives]] given to, or used on, over [[Orders of magnitude (numbers)#106|one hundred million]] [[companion animals]], plus [[Orders of magnitude (numbers)#106|millions]] of [[poultry]], [[cattle]], [[swine]], and minor [[animal species]]. (Minor [[animal species]] include animals other than [[cattle]], [[swine]], [[chickens]], [[turkeys]], [[horses]], [[dogs]], and [[cats]].) 

CVM monitors the safety of animal foods and medications.  Much of the center's work focuses on animal medications used in food animals to ensure that significant drug residues are not present in the meat or other products from these animals.

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==Further information==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.fda.gov/cvm/aboutcvm.html| accessdate=2006-02-19 | title=Information About Center for Veterinary Medicine | publisher=[[Food and Drug Administration]] - Center for Veterinary Medicine}}
* [http://www.fda.gov/cvm Official Site]

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