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Residues in the European Union

During the last decade, antibiotic use in food-producing animals was increasingly directed against specific conditions and less toward general therapy or disease prevention. Nevertheless, some antibiotics with specific withdrawal periods continue to be fed at subtherapeutic levels, creating the potential for residues in the animals at the time of slaughter. As a result, antibiotics currently account for many of the residue violations within the European Union. [Pg.458]

Action Levels for -Adrenergic Agonists Within EU Member [Pg.459]

A survey carried out in Austria between 1991 and 1993 demonstrated that the incidence of residues of veterinary drugs and hormones in edible tissues of slaughtered animals was almost negligible (7). In particular, urine samples obtained from calves, cows, and swine were tested for the presence of residues of stilbenes, zeranol, trenbolone and 19-nortestosterone. Blood samples were examined for 17- -estradiol and 17- -testosterone. Furthermore, urine samples from calves, beef cattle, and thyroid gland specimens were tested for the presence of -agonists and thyreostatic substances. None of the samples gave evidence of illegal use of these substances in Austria. [Pg.460]

In addition, kidney fat from calves, beef cattle, dairy cows, and swine was tested for the presence of gestagens muscle tissues from calves, beef cattle, and swine for nitrofuran residues and swine muscle for tranquilizer residues. None of these samples was found to contain residues of the investigated analytes. In contrast, a considerable number of swine samples taken from one slaughterhouse were found to be contaminated with chloramphenicol at levels exceeding 5 ppb during 1991 and 1992 but not during 1993. [Pg.460]

Apart from hormonal residues, samples randomly sampled at slaughterhouses in 1997 were also examined for potential presence of corticosteroids and [Pg.461]


SCPH (1998) Monitoring for pesticide residues in the European Union and Norway. Report 1996. Standing Committee on Plant Health. [Pg.369]


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