FDA Launches Pet Health and Safety Widget

The latest development in pet health is designed to be user-friendly. The FDA recently launched a pet health and safety widget in order to provide timely health information. “Our new pet health and safety widget provides users with information to help them in managing their pets’ health,” said Joshua Sharfstein, the FDA’s principal deputy commissioner.

The widget is a portable application embedded in the FDA website that can be copied onto any other website or blog. Users can access content without leaving the FDA page. Topics include how to report a problem with pet food, purchasing pet drugs online, and caring for your pet in a disaster. In order to add content to your own site, click on “Grab this” and cut and paste the html code.

Consumers can select the Tips tab to read pet health and safety articles. The Updates tab provides recent recall notices and veterinary drug news. Find more information at www.fda.gov/PetHealthWidget.

AUTHOR: Annette Hulbert