Meat, Poultry Residue Violations Show Drop Second quarter meat and poultry residue violations fell to 1.3 percent of samples tested, the lowest rate in more than a year and a half, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported last week. Officials of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said there were 61 violations found in the 4,461 samples analyzed for the quarter ending in June. They added the rate is not yet significant, because a one-quarter return does not take in all the annual variations that could cause a change. This compared with 103 violations found in the 4,724 samples tested during the first quarter of tips calendar year. In 1973 the violation rate was 3, 1.9, 1.9 and 1.9 percent by quarter respectively. APHIS inspectors take meat and poultry samples, which then are analyzed in laboratories throughout the country for residues of pHKLAniNTION'fIi DAIRYMEN'S SUPER SPECIALS 'MAES INFLATIONS" 95 c each AMT OF 24-Post Paid. 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YOU WILL FIND MERV & MARLIN MARTIN WORKING FOR YOU MARTIN’S MANDFACTURM6 CO. \ DISTRIBUTOR OF CENTRAL TRACTOR PARTS CO, R.D.3 Myerstown , Phone (717) 933-4151 TAKE RT. 645 - 3 MILES NORTH OF MYERSTOWN FOLLOW DIRECTIONAL SIGNS drugs, pesticides and other agricultural chemicals. The program is part of the National Residue Monitoring program through which APHIS helps to safeguard the wholesomeness of the 3 billion poultry, 75 million swine, 31.5 million cattle and 9.5 million sheep and goats slaughtered annually for human consumption. tolerances or guidelines established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and enforced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are in violation. By species, calves in curred the largest number of violations in the quarter, with 23. This compared with 30 violations in calves in the first quarter. Violations for other species were cattle, 13; swine, 12; chickens, 7; turkeys, 5, and sheep and goats, 1. Antibiotics led in the number of violations by residue type with 30, followed by chlorinated hydrocarbons, 14, and sulfa For Small or Large Operation drugs, 11, When residues in violation of tolerances or guidelines are found, the names and addresses of owners are referred to the FDA or EPA for followup action. The National Residue Monitoring program in corporates three steps, beginning with * random sampling nationwide. When violations are found, sur veillance sampling is un dertaken to determine the cause and extent of the problem. In the final phase, pre-testing of herds or flocks with histories of violations is required to protect the public from meat and poultry with residues. Ten warning letters were issued in the second quarter this year, compared with 22 the first quarter. Warning letters are sent to owners when residues are found in animal or fowl tissue ap proaching 80 percent of the tolerance or guideline. American Viewpoints “So nigh is grandeur to our dust, i So near is God to man —When duty whispers low ‘Thou must,’ The youth replies, ‘I can.’ ” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Members of the Pennsylvania FFA Chapter Livestock Team were greeted in Kansas City by Mr. George H. Kyd, (left). Vice President and Director of Public Relations, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, Missouri. The team was one of 45 FFA Livestock teams participating in the National FFA Livestock Contest at the National FFA Convention in KERB 50-W Available At LEBANON FERTILIZER CO. 50 Hoffman St. Lebanon, Pa. 17042 Phone 717-273-8563 Produce more protein and less weeds per acre of hay...with KERB KERB® 50-W herbicide controls your lion Spray this fall to harvest more problem weeds in alfalfa and other alfalfa next spring and summer forage crops You can use it on new All pesticide chemicals should be used in accordance wiih seedings or established stands, pre- SSSPJISSI reco "'™ nded emergent or post-emergent to the weeds, by ground or air, and it RuHMK] normally requires no soil incorpora- fHnnsßSi Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 2,1974 Kansas City, Missouri. Team mem bers Jay Bomgardner, Jim Southard, and Steve Donough were ac companied by their Advisor-Coach Glenn Spangler of Manheim. The National FFA Livestock Contest is a Special Project of the National FFA Foundation sponsored by the Ralston Purina Company. PHILADELPHIA PA 191Q5 15
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