An inspection of 585 poultry, livestock and aquatic product samples found the residue of two banned veterinary drugs in eggs produced at two farms in Changhua County, resulting in the farmers being fined NT$30,000 each, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday.
The FDA conducted the inspections in March and April, and out of the 585 samples, five failed to comply with regulations on the use of veterinary drugs, including the two egg samples, FDA Deputy Director-General Lin Chin-fu (林金富) said.
The samples were collected from several sources, including importers, wholesale markets, traditional markets, restaurants, supermarkets and hypermarkets, Lin said.
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An egg sample from a farm in Changhua was found to contain florfenicol, a common antibiotic for animals, but exposure to high levels of florfenicol can cause intestinal dysfunction, he said.
The Changhua County Government fined the poultry farm NT$30,000 for contravening the Veterinary Drug Control Act (動物用藥品管理法), Lin said.
A sample of eggs from another farm in the county was found to contain nicarbazin, a coccidiostat that can be used on broiler chickens under specific conditions but is prohibited for use in egg-producing hens, Lin said.
The farm was also fined NT$30,000 for contravening the same law, he said.
Meanwhile, a chicken sample from Nantou County was found to contain higher than the allowable amount of trimethoprim and the farmer was fined NT$30,000. Another chicken sample from Yunlin County was found to contain higher than the acceptable level of doxycycline and florfenicol, and the farmer was also fined NT$30,000, Lin said.
A sample of shrimp imported from China by a food company in Kaohsiung was found to contain the banned veterinary drug enrofloxacin, with the importer fined NT$120,000 by the city government for contravening the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation (食品安全衛生管理法), he said.
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