{"title":"Residues of veterinary medicines and feed additives: An analysis of EU RASFF notifications from 2001 to 2023","authors":"Fawzy Eissa , Omar Khaled , Lamia Ryad , Abdelgayed Younes","doi":"10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100654","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Between 2001 and 2023, the total number of the European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notifications for residues of veterinary medicines (2381) and feed additives (164) was analyzed to identify the most frequently reported products and hazards, as well as their countries of origin and associated potential risks. Crustaceans had the highest number of notifications for veterinary drug residues (885), predominantly nitrofurazone, furazolidone, and chloramphenicol. This was followed by fish (359 notifications), primarily for leucomalachite green; meat (358 notifications), often containing ivermectin and chloramphenicol; honey (316 notifications), with chloramphenicol and streptomycin commonly found; and poultry meat (221 notifications), primarily for furazolidone. Residues of feed additives, mainly clopidol and nicarbazin, are prevalent in poultry products and eggs. The leading contributors to RASFF notifications include India for crustaceans, Vietnam for fish, China and Brazil for meat, China for honey, and Brazil and Thailand for poultry. Additionally, Brazil takes the lead in feed additives notifications. The highest percentages of alert notifications were for eggs (31.4 %), milk (29.4 %), and meat products (28.5 %). Conversely, feed additives, crustaceans, meat, and fish products had the most border rejections. While most risk decisions remained undecided, meat and fish products had the highest percentage of serious risk decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100543,"journal":{"name":"Food and Humanity","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100654"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food and Humanity","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949824425001582","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Between 2001 and 2023, the total number of the European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notifications for residues of veterinary medicines (2381) and feed additives (164) was analyzed to identify the most frequently reported products and hazards, as well as their countries of origin and associated potential risks. Crustaceans had the highest number of notifications for veterinary drug residues (885), predominantly nitrofurazone, furazolidone, and chloramphenicol. This was followed by fish (359 notifications), primarily for leucomalachite green; meat (358 notifications), often containing ivermectin and chloramphenicol; honey (316 notifications), with chloramphenicol and streptomycin commonly found; and poultry meat (221 notifications), primarily for furazolidone. Residues of feed additives, mainly clopidol and nicarbazin, are prevalent in poultry products and eggs. The leading contributors to RASFF notifications include India for crustaceans, Vietnam for fish, China and Brazil for meat, China for honey, and Brazil and Thailand for poultry. Additionally, Brazil takes the lead in feed additives notifications. The highest percentages of alert notifications were for eggs (31.4 %), milk (29.4 %), and meat products (28.5 %). Conversely, feed additives, crustaceans, meat, and fish products had the most border rejections. While most risk decisions remained undecided, meat and fish products had the highest percentage of serious risk decisions.