NEW: reference bovine urine panel

Since many years the field of veterinary drug residue analysis, particularly for anabolics, feels the need of reference materials in order to allow the validation of the different analytical methods and commercial analysis kits. For this purpose, Progetto Trieste has developed RealCheck BOVINE URINE, a set of 20 reference bovine urine for anabolic hormones. [continue...]

August 27, 2009

New limits for coccidiostats in animal derived food products

Coccidiostats are substances that destroy the protozoans or inhibit their growth. This class includes chemically different substances, such as salinomycin and lasalocid (ionophore polyesthers), or nicarbazin and halofuginone. The use of these drugs can be authorized as additives in feed, but under specific conditions of use, such as for certain species or class of animals. [continue...]

May 06, 2008

Tecna: New ELISA kits for anabolic molecules

The continuous research and development in which Tecna has always invested in, has led to the development of three new ELISA kit of the product line I'screen for the quantitative determination of molecules with anabolic properties:
I'screen ZERANOL: for zeranol (cod. FA621)
I'screen TRENB: for trenbolone (cod. FA622)
I'screen 19-NT: for 19-nortestosterone (cod. FA623) [continue...]

May 06, 2008

Tetracycline continues to be used by some beekeepers

Tetracyclines are amongst the antibiotics commonly used in different fields. In beekeeping, they are often used for the prophylaxis and the treatment of the American Plague caused by a bacterium (Paenibacillus larvae) which infects the larvae of the bee causing death. Although there have been precise laws... [continue...]

May 06, 2008

CAP in powdered milk and capsules of royal jelly

Chloramfenicol is an antibiotic used in veterinary medicine. It is included in the list of banned substances and it is generally tested for in milk, in muscles of cattle, in seafood products and in honey. The RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) of EU recently reported cases of contamination... [continue...]

May 06, 2008

Prawns from Asia contaminated with AOZ and SEM

Although Nitrofurans are included in the list of banned substances, their metabolites have been found to be present in fish products on the market, or heading for different countries in the European Community. In fact in the past few weeks... [continue...]

November 23, 2007

Histamine in tuna fish but not only

The European RASFF is still pointing out seafood products with high histamine contamination. Regular checks performed at the borders of the EU and in the internal market are often reporting cases of histamine contamination. [continue...]

November 08, 2007

Histamine and CAP in seafood

It keeps going on the alarm on seafood contamination: [continue...]

June 13, 2007

Histamine emergency in Malaysia

Last week (23th week) the European Community Alert System has reported, in few days, severe contamination of fish products by histamine; the contaminated fish came from Malaysia.
Histamine has been detected in dried anchovies, in salted dried queen fish and salted dried mackerel, dried mackerel and dried anchovies gutted. All the notifications have been made by UK. [continue...]

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February 13, 2007

Contaminated honey

Since the beginning of the year, EC service RASFF is reporting every week contaminations of honey matrix. [continue...]