---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 558.248"
title: "21"
number: "558.248"
heading: "Erythromycin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/558.248"
---

# §558.248. Erythromycin.

- (a) **Specifications.** Type A medicated articles containing 92.5 grams per pound erythromycin (as the thiocyanate salt).
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 061133 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Related tolerances.** See [§ 556.230](/cfr/21/556.230.md) of this chapter.
- (d) **Special considerations.**
  - (1) Federal law restricts medicated feed containing this veterinary feed directive (VFD) drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. See [§ 558.6](/cfr/21/558.6.md) for additional requirements.
  - (2) The expiration date of VFDs for erythromycin medicated feeds must not exceed 6 months from the date of issuance. VFDs for erythromycin shall not be refilled.
- (e) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Chickens—**
  - (2) **Turkeys—**

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 10999, Mar. 15, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 56799, Aug. 26, 1980; 49 FR 31281, Aug. 6, 1984; 51 FR 7397, Mar. 3, 1986; 52 FR 2684, Jan. 26, 1987; 54 FR 12189, Mar. 24, 1989; 66 FR 14074, Mar. 9, 2001; 68 FR 4915, Jan. 31, 2003; 79 FR 10982, Feb. 27, 2014; 81 FR 36790, June 8, 2016; 81 FR 95004, Dec. 27, 2016; 84 FR 8975, Mar. 13, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 354, 360b, 360ccc, 360ccc-1, 371.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13959, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 10999, Mar. 15, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 56799, Aug. 26, 1980; 49 FR 31281, Aug. 6, 1984; 51 FR 7397, Mar. 3, 1986; 52 FR 2684, Jan. 26, 1987; 54 FR 12189, Mar. 24, 1989; 66 FR 14074, Mar. 9, 2001; 68 FR 4915, Jan. 31, 2003; 79 FR 10982, Feb. 27, 2014; 81 FR 36790, June 8, 2016; 81 FR 95004, Dec. 27, 2016; 84 FR 8975, Mar. 13, 2019]