{"id":544663,"date":"2026-08-27T02:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/uncategorized\/efsa-2019-report-on-veterinary-residues-and-other-substances\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T02:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:26:23","slug":"efsa-2019-report-on-veterinary-residues-and-other-substances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/efsa-2019-report-on-veterinary-residues-and-other-substances\/","title":{"rendered":"EFSA 2019 report on veterinary residues and other substances."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EFSA has published its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/supporting\/pub\/en-1997\">2019 report<\/a> on monitoring results for veterinary medicinal residues and unauthorised substances in live animals and animal products.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of <strong>671,642<\/strong> samples were tested by 27 Member States. The <strong>non-compliance<\/strong> rate for 2019 was <strong>0.32%<\/strong>, a rate comparable to the previous 11 years (0.25% &#8211; 0.37%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presence of unauthorised substances and veterinary medicinal residues in food is a risk factor for public health.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three main European texts govern the rules applicable to veterinary residues and banned substances:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Regulation (EU) No 37\/2010<\/strong> sets maximum limits for veterinary medicinal residues in food-producing animals and animal products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regulation No 396\/2005<\/strong> sets maximum residue levels for pesticides in food and feed of plant and animal origin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Directive 96\/23\/EC<\/strong> establishes measures to monitor certain substances and their residues, mainly veterinary medicines, in live animals and animal products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The products analysed in 2019 were as follows: cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, horses, poultry, rabbit, farmed game, wild game, aquaculture, milk, eggs and honey.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>group A<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No non-compliant samples were reported for <strong>stilbenes and their derivatives (A1)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>anti-thyroid agents (A2)<\/strong>, 0.58% of samples were non-compliant for thiouracil (probably due to a diet rich in cruciferous plants).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>steroids (A3)<\/strong> group, 0.55% of samples were found to be non-compliant, representing 0.51% for cattle, 0.45% for pigs, 0.18% for poultry and 5.23% for sheep and goats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>resorcylic acid lactones (A4)<\/strong> group, 0.11% of samples were non-compliant for zeranol and its derivatives. Non-compliant samples were found in cattle (0.13%), pigs (0.09%), sheep and goats (0.25%) and horses (2.26%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regarding <strong>beta-agonists (A5)<\/strong>, no non-compliance was reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Banned substances (A6)<\/strong> were found in 0.01% of samples. The substances identified were chloramphenicol, nitroimidazoles and nitrofurans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>group B<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For <strong>antibacterials (B1)<\/strong>, 0.14% of samples were non-compliant. The highest frequency of non-compliant samples for antibacterials was observed in honey (0.98%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>B2 (other veterinary medicines)<\/strong> group, the highest proportion of non-compliant samples was found for NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) (0.19%). Non-compliant samples were reported for the different species as follows: 0.27% for cattle, 0.09% for poultry, 0.05% for sheep and goats, 0.63% for horses, 0.04% for pigs and 0.36% for milk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>B3 (other substances and environmental contaminants)<\/strong> group, cadmium, lead, mercury and copper showed the highest overall percentage of non-compliant samples (4.21%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your laboratory supports you in the detection and quantification of a wide range of medicinal residues, including chloramphenicol, under COFRAC accreditation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can consult our COFRAC technical annex No. 1-1904 available in your customer area or on the COFRAC website.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need technical, regulatory or pricing information? 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