Biosensor Screening for Veterinary Drug Residues in Foodstuffs

Rapid Methods for detection of Veterinary Drug residues in Meat

The use of substances having hormonal or thyreostatic action as well as b-agonists is banned in many countries. However, sometimes forbidden drugs may be added to feeds for illegal administration to farm animals for promoting increased muscle development or increased water retention and thus obtain an economical benefit. The result is a fraudulent overweight of meat but, what is worse, residues...

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food

Screening of Imported Tilapia Fillets for Heavy Metals and Veterinary Drug Residues in the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

The objective of this study was to identify the presence of harmful drug residues (Chloramphenicol and malachite green/gentian violet) and toxic heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury) in imported tilapia fillets. A total of 36 tilapia fillets were analyzed for these harmful chemical contaminants. The presence of veterinary drug residues were identified using competitive ELISA screeni...

Health concerns and management of select veterinary drug residues.

The aim of this manuscript is to review the potential adverse health effects in humans if exposed to residues of selected veterinary drugs used in food-producing animals. Our other objectives are to briefly inform the reader of why many of these drugs are or were approved for use in livestock production and how drug residues can be mitigated for these drugs. The selected drugs include several a...

COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORIES RESIDUES (CRLs) 20/1/2010 GUIDELINES FOR THE VALIDATION OF SCREENING METHODS FOR RESIDUES OF VETERINARY MEDICINES