What is the Animal Product Safety Service?
The ASPCA Animal Product Safety Service supports corporate product stewardship initiatives by providing an extensive animal product safety and adverse event reporting program. The APSS program provides its subscribers with a toll-free animal product safety number, which can be printed on product labels and literature. The APSS program also manages case records, compiles quarterly or monthly reports, and consults with the manufacturer’s professional staff to improve product safety. Their reports are in full compliance with EPA and FDA reporting guidelines. Additional services are available to tailor an animal product safety program to meet each manufacturer’s needs. In 2001, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center formed a partnership with Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center . This partnership allows pharmaceutical and chemical companies the ability to provide their customers with access to the foremost authorities in the treatment of poisonings and drug interactions in humans and anim