英文摘要 |
The health department continuously monitors veterinary drug residues in poultry, livestock and aquatic products to ensure food saftey. In 2021, the sampling plans based on factors such as high noncompliance rate (over 5%) of animal drug residues in the past few years and the large sales volume in the market were conducted. Besides, the central and local health units expanded their testing items for betaagonist residues in livestock meat products due to a revised standard announced by Ministry of Health and Welfare, which was an update of ractopamine in muscle, fat, liver, kidney and other edible parts of pigs on September 17, 2020. The surveillance study consisted of 40 categories in total of 12,094 samples including 1,418 poultry products, 9,816 livestock products, and 860 aquatic products. The result showed that only 24 samples violated the regulation. The compliance rate was 99.8%. The reports were provided to agricultural authorities and local health authorities for references. The non-compliant products were subsequently removed from the market and penalties were imposed on the suppliers. |