21 CFR § 524.1465 - Mupirocin.

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title: "21 CFR § 524.1465 - Mupirocin."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "524.1465"
section_name: "Mupirocin."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_number: "524"
part_name: "OPHTHALMIC AND TOPICAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 360b."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 13873, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 524.1465 Mupirocin.

(a) *Specifications.* Each gram of ointment contains 20 milligrams mupirocin.

(b) *Sponsors.* See Nos. 025463, 051672, and 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) *Conditions of use in dogs*—(1) *Amount.* Apply twice daily. Treatment should not exceed 30 days.

(2) *Indications for use.* For the topical treatment of bacterial infections of the skin, including superficial pyoderma, caused by susceptible strains of *Staphylococcus aureus* and *S. intermedius.*

(3) *Limitations.* Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

[72 FR 18119, Apr. 11, 2007, as amended at 75 FR 79296, Dec. 20, 2010; 78 FR 52854, Aug. 27, 2013; 79 FR 10970, Feb. 27, 2014; 82 FR 11508, Feb. 24, 2017]