16.12.2016

Report for 2014 on the results from the monitoring of veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances in live animals and animal products.Traces (or residues) of authorised veterinary drugs, prohibited substances, as well ascontaminants are sometimes detected in live animals and in foods derived from animals, including meat, fish, eggs and dairy products.Monitoring of the levels of these residues in food-producing animals and animal-derived foods takes place annually across the EU. 
Poultry - some 13 million tonnes of poultry were produced in 2014. The number of samples taken reached almost 72,500, and 69 samples (0.10%) were non-compliant. Antibacterials accounted for 29 (mainly doxycycline), 18 were for anticoccidials and 9 for mycotoxins.
Eggs - the EU produced some 6.3 million tonnes of eggs in 2014. Of the 13,400 samples taken 29 (0.22%) were found to be non-compliant, of which 18 were for anticoccidials, five for dioxins and PCBs, and four for antibacterials.