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CENTER FOR VETERINARY BIOLOGICS NOTICE NO. 24-04 

TO: Biologics Licensees, Permittees, and Applicants

 Directors, Center for Veterinary Biologics 

 Veterinary Services Leadership Team

FROM: Geetha B. Srinivas

 Director, Center for Veterinary Biologics 

SUBJECT: Posting of Selected Center for Veterinary Biologics Notices and 

Veterinary Services Memoranda on the Center for Veterinary Biologics Web Site for 

Comment 

I. PURPOSE

This notice informs licensees, permittees, and applicants of the Center for Veterinary 

Biologics (CVB) policy on posting selected draft CVB Notices and Veterinary 

Services (VS) Memoranda on the CVB web site to solicit comments from the 

veterinary biologics industry and interested parties. 

II. BACKGROUND

On August 22, 2005, the CVB published CVB Notice No. 05-16. This notice 

announced formalization of the practice of publicly posting selected draft guidance 

documents on the CVB web site for a 3-week comment period. That notice has 

become outdated, and program-wide changes to the APHIS website and e-mail 

domain naming have resulted in multiple non-functional hyperlinks within Notice 

No. 05-16. This notice is to provide updated guidance and improve stakeholder 

access to draft documents that are posted for public comment. 

III. POLICY

1. The CVB determines which documents will be posted for comment. Selected 

draft documents are posted at: 

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/veterinary-biologics

under the “Biologics Regulations & Guidance” link and in the Rulemaking and 

Policy Development subsection. Draft documents will be posted under the 

heading “Draft Guidance Documents for Comment”.

 

2. Postings may occur at any time during the week. In order to minimize the number 

of times the web site must be checked, the 3-week time allotment for commenting 

will start the first Monday after a document was posted at 12:00 PM Central

Standard Time (CST). The draft document will be removed from the web site 

soon after the comment period is completed. 

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3. Comments will only be accepted by email. The comments must be addressed to 

cvb@usda.gov. (This address can also be accessed via the “Contact Us” link from 

the “About the Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)” link on the web site 

homepage.) The subject line of the email must state, “Comments on draft 

notice/memo <insert ID number>”. For example, “Comments on VS 

Memorandum No. Draft-XXX” or “Comments on CVB Notice No. Draft-XXX.” 

Comments submitted in the acceptable format will be acknowledged as received, 

but no response addressing any specific comment will be returned. Comments 

must be submitted by 12:00 PM CST on the due date indicated for a given 

document.

4. The CVB will consider all comments when formulating further guidance related 

to the draft document. CVB guidance documents may not incorporate all 

comments received.

5. Final decisions or actions presented in draft documents will not be effective until 

final guidance documents are published. Some of the issues presented may not be 

adopted in final guidance documents.

IV. IMPLEMENTATION/ APPLICABILITY

This Notice is effective immediately and replaces CVB Notice No. 05-16 which is 

cancelled.