Title 21

SECTION 529.1044b

529.1044b Gentamicin solution for dipping eggs.

§ 529.1044b Gentamicin solution for dipping eggs.

(a) Specifications. Each milliliter of solution contains gentamicin sulfate equivalent to 50 milligrams of gentamicin base.

(b) Sponsors. See Nos. 000061 and 054925 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) Conditions of use in turkeys - (1) Amount. The drug is added to clean water to provide a dip solution with a gentamicin concentration of 250 to 1,000 parts per million. A concentration of 500 parts per million is recommended. Clean eggs should be held submerged in the gentamicin solution under a vacuum of about 27.5 to 38 centimeters of mercury for 5 minutes followed by additional soaking in gentamicin solution for approximately 10 minutes at atmospheric pressure. Eggs can also be treated by warming them for 3 to 6 hours at approximately 100 °F then immediately submerging them in gentamicin solution maintained at about 40 °F, keeping the eggs submerged for 10 to 15 minutes.

(2) Indications for use. As an aid in the reduction or elimination of the following microorganisms from turkey-hatching eggs: Arizona hinshawii (paracolon), Salmonella Saintpaul, and Mycoplasma meleagridis.

(3) Limitations. For use in the dipping treatment of turkey-hatching eggs only. Eggs which have been dipped in the drug shall not be used for food.

[40 FR 13881, Mar. 27, 1975, as amended at 52 FR 7833, Mar. 13, 1987; 62 FR 22889, Apr. 28, 1997; 71 FR 13543, Mar. 16, 2006; 79 FR 10973, Feb. 27, 2014]

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