title: Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD): a pharmacokinetic-based information resource.
abstract: The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) is a pilot project funded through the USDA Extension Service. It represents a major effort to compile into a single source large amounts of information on veterinary pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and physiochemical properties of drugs and other chemicals used in livestock production. FARAD is a computer-based system consisting of five data and numerous command files that access the data files to facilitate rapid input and retrieval of the desired information. The data files include proprietary information on all pharmaceutical products approved for use in food animals in the United States; physicochemical information on more than 100 chemicals contained in the databank; regulatory information pertaining to tolerance and action levels of chemical residues in animal products and allowable concentrations of drugs in feed; pharmacokinetic rate and volume constants pertinent to residue depletion modeling in a variety of species; bibliographic citations to which all of the information contained in the databank is referenced. All of the information in FARAD is currently available through three regional access centers in the United States, and direct computer access to the data may become available in the future.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005506:Food Contamination; D006077:Government Agencies; D007256:Information Systems; D008460:Meat; D009183:Mycotoxins; D010575:Pesticides; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009183:Mycotoxins; D010575:Pesticides