FDA has received complaints that aloe vera is being promoted for use as a treatment for mastitis and calf diarrhea, a cure for high somatic cell counts, and as an aid for increasing milk production. No aloe vera product has been approved for the treatment of these serious disease conditions or to increase milk production. Aloe vera products for animals bearing these types of claims are unapproved new animal drugs. Aloe vera products intended for animal use that do not bear adequate directions for animal use are misbranded. The use of unapproved drugs violates item 15r.
Homeopathic medicine is considered an unconventional form of veterinary practice.
FDA can find no justification for regulating veterinary homeopathic drugs any differently from other drugs subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. There are currently no FDA approved homeopathic drugs for veterinary use. If these do not comply with the drug labeling requirements, they are unapproved drugs, and should not be stored on farms or used to treat dairy animals. If homeopathic drugs are properly labeled they are subject to the same storage requirements as any other drug. FDA is very concerned about the safety of products not approved for parenteral use which are infused or injected in to food-producing animals.