What are drug residues?

Residue is defined by CVM as any compound or metabolite of a compound that is present in edible tissues from food animals because of the use of a compound in or on animals. Residues can be from the compound itself, its metabolites, or any other substances formed in or on food as a result of the compound’s use.

What are animal residues?

Definition. Discarded material from industries directly associated with the raising of animals, such as those wastes produced by livestock farming (manure, milk, etc.), meat production and animal testing (animal bodies, animal parts, feathers, etc.) and fur breeding (fur, blood, etc.).

What are the main effects of drug residues in living organisms?

The possible clinical implications of consuming residues of antibiotics are: toxicity, allergenicity, and infection by drug-resistant disease-causing microorganisms.

What are antibiotic residues?

Antibiotic residues are metabolites found in trace amounts in any edible portion of the animal product after the administration of the antibiotics. The antibiotic residues in food animal in excess of the acceptable maximum residue limit may contribute to the development of antibiotic resistances in animals or humans.

What is veterinary drug residue?

Residual amounts of antimicrobials, antibiotics or their toxic metabolites found in meat, organs or other products such as milk and egg of food producing animals after slaughtering is called veterinary drug residues [32].

Which drug residue remains behind after extraction?

Menstruum is a drug residue which remains behind after extraction.

What is the residue of biomass?

Agricultural biomass which could be used for energy production is defined as biomass residues from field agricultural crops (stalks, branches, leaves, straw, waste from pruning, etc.) and biomass from the byproducts of the processing of agricultural products (residue from cotton ginning, olive pits, fruit pits, etc.)

Is animal waste hazardous?

Animal wastes are pollutants of increasing concern both to the public and to regulatory bodies because they have the potential to contaminate both surface and groundwater. Animal agricultural wastes can be divided into two production types: range and pasture production, and confined or concentrated animal production.

Where do drug residues originate?

A “residue” is any compound in edible products that results from the use of a drug in an animal that produces food. This includes the drug itself, its metabolites, and other substances formed in or on the food because of the drug’s use.

What are the potential dangers of residues in animal products?

A survey we conducted suggests that the ingestion of veterinary drug residues in edible animal parts constitutes a potential health hazard for its consumers, including, specifically, the possibility of developing multidrug resistance, carcinogenicity, and disruption of intestinal normal microflora.

What are the possible sources of antibiotic residues and why do residues occur?

Origin and health risks of antibiotic residues in food As a result of application failures, such as non-compliance with the statutory waiting period or abuse as antibiotic growth promoter, residues of antibiotics can occur in food of animal origin such as meat, milk or eggs.

How does antibiotic residue affect in food?

The major public health significances of antimicrobial residues include the development of antimicrobial drug resistance, hypersensitivity reaction, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, bone marrow depression, and disruption of normal intestinal flora.