EVIDENCIA DE RESIDUOS DE CLORANFENICOL EN MUESTRAS DE RIÑÓN DE CERDOS DE LA REGIÓN CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA.

Abstract

Chloramphenicol has been banned for animal consumption but recently several control laboratories in developed countries have identified residues in food of animal origin from South America. In Venezuela, the ban dates back to 1988, but have recently been detected drug residues in bovine liver and kidney, and long-life milk for human consumption, it is suspected that is being marketed illegally in the antibiotic thus arises as an objective, evidence the presence of residues of chloramphenicol in pig kidneys for human consumption. Samples of pig kidney benefiting from three floors (n: 150 samples) were taken in random, from August to December 2004 and taken to the laboratory for processing and analysis using the method RIDASCREEN ®-ELISA (detection limit 12.5ng/kg), to demonstrate the presence and quantify levels of chloramphenicol. The results showed residues of chloramphenicol in 17% of samples from pigs (13.6-42.9ng/kg) .These results show a violation of national and international laws banning the use of this antibiotic, which could lead to serious problems in public health because of the adverse reactions this agent causes in humans.