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  • Title: [Residues of drugs of veterinary use in food].
    Author: Burgat V.
    Journal: Rev Prat; 1991 Apr 11; 41(11):985-90. PubMed ID: 2063112.
    Abstract:
    A rational use of veterinary drugs is one of the essential factors in the production of healthy food of animal origin, but residues may persist in such foods. These residues are present in very small amounts, and they create no public health problem as long as their toxicological significance is evaluated scientifically. This evaluation, which is made for each veterinary drug prior to applying for authorization to market, leads to the definition of tolerable residual levels as a measure designed to protect the customers. This general principle is illustrated by two examples: the risk of allergic intolerance to foods, due to traces of particularly active substances, such as penicillins; such residues may occasionally be allergenic, but they are certainly not immunogenic; the problems associated with the use of hormonal or hormone-related compounds endowed with anabolic properties. The current interdiction of these compounds does not rest on solid scientific grounds.
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