§ 14296 Drug Registration Revocation

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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The law lets the director cancel a livestock drug's registration if tests show it doesn't match what was approved, but allows small, acceptable differences.

Key Takeaways

•The director can stop a drug's registration if samples don't match the approved version.
•Small, allowed differences are permitted.
•The goal is to keep livestock medicines safe and effective.

Example

A company sells a dewormer for cattle, but tests of random bottles show the medicine amount is lower than promised.

The director can pull the product from stores because it doesn't meet the approved standards, but can let the company keep selling it if the difference is within the allowed tolerance.

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§ 14296 Drug Registration Revocation

The director may revoke the registration of any livestock drug if he finds, from representative samples, that the drug as offered for sale fails to conform to its registration. The director may allow reasonable tolerances within which such samples may vary from the registration. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1224.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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revoke registration livestock drug representative samples reasonable tolerances

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 14296.

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