STANDARDIZATION OF HORMONE AND VETERINARY DRUG RESIDUE ANALYSIS IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy.
Standards for Foodproducts.

 Monitoring programs: data obtained from the Veterinary Inspection Service of the Ministry of Agriculture (Belgium) for 1998.

 

Monitoring Programs 1998

Hormonal residues

 

Number of samples (bovine species)

Total
Positive
%
Negative

Targeted research at farm
5127
13
0.25
5114

Research in suspected farms
1492
16
1.1
1476

 

Number of inspections at farm (bovine species)

Total
Positive
%
Negative

Targeted inspections
1085
5
0.5
1080

Inspections in suspected farms
125
4
3.2
121

5 animals were positive for banned compounds with oestrogenic, androgenic and gestagenic action and these animals were destroyed

 

 

 

 

 

Number of samples (porcine species)

Total
Positive
%
Negative

Targeted research at farm
444
0
0
444

Researchin suspected farms
51
0
0
51

 

Number of inspections at farm (porcine species)

Total
Positive
%
Negative

Targeted inspections
47
0
0
47

Inspections in suspected farms
3
0
0
0

Number of samples (poultry)

Total
Positive
%
Negative

Targeted research at farm
5
0
0
5

 

Number of inspections at farm (poultry)

Total
Positive
%
Negative

Targeted inspections
1
0
0
5

[Monitoring Programs]