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Antibiotics in food: Legislation and validation of analytical methodologies

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In this paper, European food safety legislation is presented, and special attention is devoted to monitoring residues of veterinary drugs in foodstuffs of animal origin. After a short review of the state of the art of analytical methodology for antibiotic residue analysis, the paper focuses on validation of analytical methods, with Decision 657/2002/EC as reference document. Finally, the main issues of the quality control of the analytical data, i.e. analysis of reference materials and participation in proficiency tests, are briefly addressed.

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Financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencía y Tecnología (CiCYT Project AGL2008-05578-C05) is gratefully acknowledged

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Companyó, R., Granados, M., Guiteras, J. et al. Antibiotics in food: Legislation and validation of analytical methodologies. Anal Bioanal Chem 395, 877–891 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-2969-4

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