Microbial Safety Evaluation of Veterinary Drug Residues

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food

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...

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...

Safety Evaluation of Pesticide Residues in Food

Catalytic antibodies: Like enzyme nomenclature, it is proposed that the nomenclature of catalytic antibodies should be based on the reaction catalysed, rather than on structural features. As more than one different ‘abzyme’ catalysing the same general reaction may be produced, there is clearly a possibility for confusion. However, the catalytic behaviour and specificities may not be identical. ...

Drug Safety Evaluation

Despite the considerable number of newer antibacterials made available over the past decades, amoxicillin, alone or in combination with clavulanic acid, still accounts among the most widely used antibacterial agents. Although they are often considered ‘twin drugs’, they are different both in terms of antibacterial activities and of safety profile. It is well documented that the clavulanate comp...