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EFSA’s annual report on the results from the monitoring of veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances in live animals and animal products includes data reported by Member States, Iceland, and Norway. The number of tested samples slightly increased compared to 2020.
In 2021, the percentage of non-compliant samples was 0.17%, which is the lowest figure registered in the past 12 years when non-compliance ranged from 0.19% to 0.37%. The figure for 2020 was 0.19%.
The report covers various substance groups including hormones, antibacterials, environmental contaminants, prohibited substances and other veterinary drugs.
Veterinary medicinal product residues in pigs
Of the 122,058 samples analyzed for pigs, 138 (0.11%) were non-compliant (312 non-compliant results). The non-compliant samples were reported by 16 countries.
Council Directive 96/23/EC requires that the minimum number of pigs that have to be controlled each year for all kinds of residues and substances is 0.05% of the pigs slaughtered the previous year. Overall, the minimum requirements for the number of samples to be taken were fulfilled in 2021. Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and Portugal did not achieve the minimum sampling frequency for pigs.
February 23, 2023/ European Food Safety Authority/ European Union.
https://www.efsa.europa.eu
