Residues and Contaminants

Veterinary medicines are substances that are used to treat and prevent animal diseases and therefore can enter the food chain through their residues in food. Animals can also be exposed to a number of other chemicals, such as chemical contaminants. Consumers can potentially be exposed to residues through consumption of food originating from animals treated with veterinary drugs or exposed to chemical contaminants. This includes meat and meat products from staple foods, as well as farmed fish, milk, eggs, honey and game.

In order to meet the strict worldwide regulations regarding prohibited contaminants and residue limits, Elabscience® provides high-quality test kits for the detection of veterinary residues and contaminants in food for researchers and farmers, including ELISA kits and rapid test kits (Lateral Flow Assay Kit ).

Test kits divided by residue and contaminant categories can be found here.