Quinolone antibacterials are veterinary drugs authorized for use in food animal production. The analysis of residual amounts of drugs in food from animal origin is important for quality control of products for consumers. For this purpose, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) have been set up by a European Union Council Regulation on Veterinary Drug Residues (No.

Fighting for animal rights is a crime. At least the British think so. As part of the Serious and Organised Crime Bill, the government recently proposed up to five years of jail sentences for animal

A method using liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) for the determination of trace levels of five macrolide antibiotics (spiramycin, tilmicosin, oleandomycin, erythromycin, and tylosin) in eggs is presented.

Japan might ease its total ban on us beef. It is considering granting an exemption to us cows aged 20 months or younger from testing for mad cow disease before shipping. The proposal was recently

The use of the two macrolides antibiotics Spiramycin (S) and Tylosin (T) as growth promoters in animal feeding has been recently withdrawn in the European Union due to a concern about the outbreaks of farmacoresistance fenomena as a possible hazard for humans.

After dolphin-friendly tuna now we have cheetah-friendly beef. The Cheetah Conservation Fund (ccf), a supposedly conservation-oriented group, has begun hardselling this product from Namibia; it is