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EFSA has published its report on the results of the 2022 monitoring of residues of veterinary medicinal products and unauthorised substances in live animals and animal products.
A total of 600,320 samples were checked by the Member States, Iceland and Norway. The non-compliance rate for 2022 was 0.18%, a result comparable with the last 13 years. In 2021, the non-compliance rate was 0.17%.
The presence of unauthorised substances and veterinary drug residues in food is a risk factor for public health.
Three main European texts govern the rules applicable to veterinary residues and prohibited substances:
- Regulation (EU) N°37/2010 sets maximum limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in food-producing animals and products of animal origin.
- Regulation 396/2005 sets maximum residue limits for pesticides in food and feed of plant and animal origin.
- Directive 96/23/EC lays down measures for the monitoring of certain substances and residues thereof, mainly veterinary medicinal products, in live animals and animal products.
The following products will be analysed in 2022: cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, horses, poultry, rabbits, farmed game, game, aquaculture, milk, eggs and honey.
For Group A :
- No non-compliant samples were reported for stilbenes and their derivatives (A1)
- For antithyroid agents (A2), 0.2% of samples were non-compliant for thiouracil and 2-methylthiouracil.
- In the steroid group (A3), 0.31% of samples were judged to be non-compliant. Non-compliances were found in cattle (0.28%), pigs (0.22%), poultry (0.40%) and sheep and goats (2.32%).
- In the group of resorcylic acid lactones (A4), 0.09% of samples were non-compliant. Non-compliant
