Antibiotics In Milk Testing Review

1. Antibiotics In Milk Testing Review Labtek Services

2. Antibiotics in Milk Testing – the Milk Supply Chain In August 2015 the Food Standards Agency FSA issued guidance on testing of milk for antibiotic residues which provided information for the milk supply chain on best practice for the detection of antibiotics in raw milk. https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/testmilkantibioticres.pdf From the farm to the dairy processor it is a legal requirement that antibiotics do not enter the food chain and face major penalties if bulk milk is found to be contaminated with Antibiotics, but why should our milk not contain antibiotics?

3. Why Should Our Milk Not Contain Antibiotics? 1) Antibiotics in milk can cause sensitivity and allergic reactions for some people 2) Long term increased exposure to antibiotics in milk and the general food chain will make the antibiotic less effective as the bacteria build up resistance which can cause major problems for future generations as we need a defence against harmful bacteria

4. How Do Antibiotics Enter The Dairy Supply Chain1) Fresh calvers — cows treated with dry cow antibiotics calve early and are milked into the vat before the withholding period has ended.2) Dried off cows — a surprising number of recently treated dried off cows somehow return to the main herd unnoticed by the milkers and are milked into the vat.3) Other antibiotic treatments — most antibiotics have a withholding period. Many enter the bloodstream so footrot treatments and even small injected doses for pinkeye can lead to antibiotic residues in the milk.

5. Milk Antibiotic Test and Identification Systems food business operators must initiate procedures to ensure that raw milk is not placed on the market if it contains antibiotic residues in excess of regulated limits (Maximum Residue Limit – MRL); a representative number of random samples of raw milk collected from milk production holdings be tested for compliance with the requirement of (i) above. iii) food business operators must inform the competent authority where the milk does not meet the requirement of (i) and take corrective measures.

6. Test Devices Difficult To Read Introducing The Incubator Reader The latest advancement in antibiotic testing is the introduction of Incubator Readers, although both test types listed above are simple to complete it has been noted by numerous customer’s they were sometimes difficult to read or confirm the colour change. A number of manufacturers especially in the rapid test sector responded to customer demand by introducing an Incubator Reader which incubated and read the test device at the same time. The incubator reader used photo imaging to remove user doubt when reading the test, as well as an improvement in test time to about 3-6mins per test.

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