VGNKI has developed methods for detecting veterinary drugs in milk and meat

The All-Russian State Center for the Quality and Standardization of Medicines for Animals and Feed of the Rosselkhoznadzor (FGBU VGNKI) has developed new methods for the determination of antibiotics and antiparasitic drugs in animal products.

According to Maria Gergel, head of the VGNKI testing center, the methods are designed to detect such drugs as nitrogen-containing compounds, avilamycin, azithromycin, kitasamycin, pefloxacin, rifaximin, rifampicin, tildipyrosine,  thiamphenicol , dapsone and zoalene. All these drugs can become food contaminants, significantly increasing the risk of disruption of the normal intestinal microflora, allergic reactions, development of antibiotic resistance in normal and pathogenic bacteria.

The methods proposed by scientists will be applied in the study of export products: poultry, pork, beef, chicken eggs, milk and some other food products. When compiling a list of veterinary drugs, the content of which is unacceptable in animal products, VGNKI employees carefully analyzed the laws of all importing countries. Maria Gergel noted that certain drugs are rationed in several states at once, and some in a single one - for example, zoalene in China.

The methods are included in the scope of accreditation of the VGNKI testing center, where there are now more than 340 documents regulating the rules and methods of research. An order from the Rosselkhoznadzor to confirm its competence in several additional areas is expected in September.