---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 524.1465"
title: "21"
number: "524.1465"
heading: "Mupirocin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/524.1465"
---

# §524.1465. Mupirocin.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each gram of ointment contains 20 milligrams mupirocin.
- (b) **Sponsors.** See Nos. 025463, 051672, and 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in dogs—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Apply twice daily. Treatment should not exceed 30 days.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For the topical treatment of bacterial infections of the skin, including superficial pyoderma, caused by susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus and S. intermedius.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 18119, Apr. 11, 2007, as amended at 75 FR 79296, Dec. 20, 2010; 78 FR 52854, Aug. 27, 2013; 79 FR 10970, Feb. 27, 2014; 82 FR 11508, Feb. 24, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13873, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 18119, Apr. 11, 2007, as amended at 75 FR 79296, Dec. 20, 2010; 78 FR 52854, Aug. 27, 2013; 79 FR 10970, Feb. 27, 2014; 82 FR 11508, Feb. 24, 2017]