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
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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.
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number of violations by
residue type with 30,
followed by chlorinated
hydrocarbons, 14, and sulfa
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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.
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The team was one of 45 FFA
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National FFA Livestock Contest at
the National FFA Convention in
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