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NEW YORK, N.Y. -
February is the starting date
for STOP - a new, quick
screening test U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) veterinarians will
use to determine if there are
antibiotic residues in meat
from dairy cows.
Stopping illegal residues is
the aim of the STOP cam
paign, the education effort
launched by the dairy in
dustry and USDA, as well as
the acronym for the test -
Swab Test on Premises.
That education effort is to let
everyone involved m selling
dairy cows for slaughter
know that antibiotic residue
m meat from dairy cows is a
problem, and how to prevent
it.
Dairy farmers have been
aware for some years that
they are legally responsible
for antibiotic residues that
occur in milk and that they
must follow a specific
withdrawal time before the
milk can be marketed.
The same thing is true for
meat from cull dairy cows -
dairymen are legally
responsible for antibiotic
residues that occur in the
meat, and they must
withhold the animals from
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cow meat tested for antibiotic residues
market until the prescribed
withdrawal time for a drug
is over.
Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture Carol Tucker
Foreman believes dairymen
will cooperate:
“Our surveys have found a
high percentage of cows -10
to 30 per cent - show specific
disease conditions at time of
slaughter and have an
tibiotic residues in violation
of tolerances. Dairy farmers
are aware of the problem
and are as anxious as we are
to see the violation rate go
down.”
The STOP test will provide
a yes/no answer about an
tibiotic residues within 18
hours, before the carcass
would normally leave the
slaughter plant. It means
more carcasses can be
tested for residues, and
those found residue-free can
be processed more quickly.
USDA’s Food Safety and
Quality Service (FSQS), the
agency responsible for
administering the Federal
Meat Inspection Act, has
been screening cattle for
antibiotic residues since
1973. Monitoring has been
limited, however, because
there was no fast, easily
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performed test procedure.
Now that test, developed by
Ralph Johnston of FSQS, is
available.
The STOP campaign is
concentrating on dairy
slaughter cows because they
may be subjected to more
antibiotic drug treatment
than other kinds of cattle.
The test will be used at first
only on dairy cows showing
either needle injection
marks or signs of mastitis.
Other disease conditions and
other types of cattle, par-
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Public and governmental
concern about drug residues
has been growing. Consumer
protection from drug
residues in meat is afforded
by the Food and Drug Ad
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drug residues in meat, and
USDA, whose meat in
spectors are responsible for
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USDA veterinarians will
take a swab sample from the
kidney of a suspected car
cass and incubate the swab
for 18 hours. If the results
are negative, the carcass
can be released im
mediately. If the sample
shows the presence of an
tibiotics, the carcass will be
retained in the plant. Kid
ney, liver, and muscle
samples will then be sent to a
USDA laboratory for tests to
measure the kind-and-level
of drugs and to determine if
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all or parts of the carcass
should be condemned. These
tests take 7 to 14 days. When
the results are known, the
carcasses and carcass parts
containing no residues will
be released for consumption.
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