Journal
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 308-341Publisher
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-019-00169-2
Keywords
Veterinary public health; Legislative comparisons; SWOT analysis; Antibiotic residues
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- Animal Health and Welfare ERA-NET consortium under the SANTERO project
- Danish Agriculture & Food Council, Denmark
- Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), Switzerland
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Current legislation governing monitoring of drug residues in foodstuff of animal origin is being revised at the European level. This study provides a qualitative comparison of the legislation, public and private standards in the European Union, the United States of America (USA) and the Eurasian Customs Union/Russia. We made a quantitative comparison of Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) applied in each region for pork kidneys for tetracycline (with a focus on doxycycline), penicillin and chloramphenicol. The Customs Union generally applied lower levels than the other regions, with MRLs for tetracyclines in pig kidneys being 1200 times lower than those applied in the USA. Growing consumer interest and concern about chemicals in their food could be leveraged to support and enhance the implementation of new initiatives to improve veterinary public health. Farmers and veterinarians could help reduce findings of drug residues in meat through the judicious use of preventive actions when using veterinary medicine.
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