The following firms/individuals received warning letters for offering animals for slaughter that contained illegal drug residues:

• Aaron B. Fisher, Coatesville, PA
• Carey Cattle Company, Brandon, FL
• Clarence G. Meyers, Bangor, WI
• Daniel J. Berna, Pulaski, WI
• Dinner Bell Meat Products, Inc., Lynchburg, VA
• Fay Weathers, Pacolet, SC
• Gene and Mattie J. Stapp, Crowder, OK
• Kirby Fletcher, Walton, NY
• Mark Gontis, Boswell, PA
• Morger Cattle Co., Bakersfield, CA
• Robert G. Hippely, Alliance, OH

These violations involved illegal residues of penicillin in cows, oxytetracycline in cows, neomycin and gentamicin in a calf, DDT in a beef cow, gentamicin in a cow, chlortetracycline in a veal calf, and tetracycline in a veal calf.

The following firms/individuals received warning letters for offering animals for slaughter that contained illegal drug residues, and have a history of offering animals for sale for human food use which have been adulterated with drug residues :

• Case B. Vlot, Chowchilla, CA
• Oak Valley Dairy, Merced, CA
• Tony De Groot Dairy, Hanford, CA
• Pimentel Dairy, Turlock, CA
• Maurice Kaehler, Lodi, CA
• Clover Knolls Dairy, Oakdale, CA
• AJB Ranch, Bakersfield, CA

These violations involved illegal residues of sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, and gentamicin in calves; gentamicin in a dairy cow; penicillin in a dairy cow; gentamicin, tetracycline, and streptomycin in a bull calf; gentamicin in bull calves; and gentamicin in a dairy calf.

The following firms received warning letters for deviations from the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations:

• Consolidated Nutrition LC, Harlan, IA
• Cooperative Grain & Supply, Hillsboro, KS
• Cowtown Feeders, Inc., Syracuse, KS
• Harvest Land Cooperative, Morgan, MN
• Kearny County Feeders, Inc., Lakin, KS
• Ripon Milling Co., Ripon, CA