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Drug residues in foods : pharmacology, food safety, and analysis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Botsoglou, Nikolaos A., 1946-
Other Authors: Fletouris, Dimitrios J., 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2001]
Series:Food science and technology (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; 102.
Subjects:
Food Contamination.
Drug Residues > toxicity > analysis.
Veterinary Drugs > toxicity.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Drugs in food-producing animals
  • A general view of drug usage
  • Some pharmacokinetic considerations
  • Antibacterial drugs
  • Antihelminthic drugs
  • Anticoccidial and other antiprotozoal drugs
  • Antimicrobial growth promoters
  • Anabolic hormonal-type growth promoters
  • Other drugs
  • Benefits and risks of drug usage
  • Pt. II. Residues in food
  • Drug residues and public health
  • Safety assessment and control of residues
  • Global harmonization of regulatory requirements
  • Incidence of violative residues in foods
  • Factors influencing the occurence of residues in foods
  • Costs of residues in the livestock industry
  • Stability of residues during food processing
  • Consumer perceptions and concerns
  • Pt. III. Analysis of drug residues
  • The analytical challenge
  • Sample preparation
  • Derivatization
  • Separation
  • Detection
  • Confirmation
  • Validation
  • Analytical strategy
  • Microbiological methods
  • Immunochemical methods
  • Physicochemical methods
  • Future trends.