DA Administrative Order No. 40, DOH Administrative Order No. 111-C of 1990 on Rules and Regulation on Dispensing of Veterinary Drugs and Products.

This Administrative Order pursuant to R.A. No. 3720 -as amended by Executive Order No. 175, known as the “Foods, Drugs and Devices and Cosmetics Act”; R.A. 1071, an Act to regulate the sale of veterinary biologics and medicinal preparation and R.A. 3101, an Act authorizing the Director of Animal Industry, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to promulgate regulations for the preparation, sale, traffic in shipment and importation of viruses, sera, toxins or analogous products used for the treatment of domestic animals- establishes the following for information, guidance and compliance of all concerned. Prior to the Generics Act of 1988, the following general guidelines on dispensing have been operative. In order to have an integrated implementation of all relevant guidelines on dispensing these guidelines based on prior laws are restated hereunder. It establishes administrative and legal proceedings for all veterinary prescription or drugs to be kept in file for two (2) years and recorded in a prescription book duly registered BFAD which shall open for inspection to Food and Drug Inspectors and Biological and Feed Product Inspectors at any time during business hours of the outlet.