The National Residue Plan prohibits the use of certain substances for the treatment of livestock and establishes their maximum residual limits. The main production sectors affected by these limits are: bovine, pork, horse, sheep and goat, poultry, aquaculture, honey, milk.

The laboratory carries out the analysis required by the National Residue Plan.

The laboratory, using both screening kits and instrumental confirmation methods, carries out the following analyzes:

  • Stilbenes, their derivatives and their salts and esters
  • Antithyroid agents
  • Steroids
  • Beta-agonists
  • Antibacterial substances, including sulfonamides, quinolones, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, beta lactams, amphenicols
  • Other veterinary medicinal products (anthelmintics, coccidiostatic, including nitro imidazoles, carbamates and pyrethroids, tranquilizers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (AINS), other substances with a pharmacological activity)

MAIN MATRICES ANALYZED

  • Waters intended for human consumption
  • Additives, ingredients, preservatives, thickeners
  • Organic food
  • Infants formulae and baby food
  • Aromas
  • Alcohol-free drinks
  • Coffee and cocoa
  • Candies, sweets and sugar products
  • Meat and meat products
  • Cereals, food flours and grains
  • Jams, vegetable preserves
  • Flours
  • Offal
  • Dried fruit
  • Mushrooms
  • Ice cream and desserts
  • Ice
  • Grains
  • Dietary supplements
  • Milk, cheese and other dairy products
  • Legumes
  • Honey and beekeeping products
  • Animal oils and fats
  • Olives and derivatives
  • Fruit and vegetables and derivatives, fourth range fruit and vegetables
  • Pastas
  • Pastry and creams
  • Fish, fish products and fish preserves
  • Dehydrated preparations for tea, infusions and chamomiles
  • Herbal products and medicinal plants
  • Bakery products
  • Gastronomy products
  • Frozen products
  • Salt
  • Sauces and gastronomy products
  • Cured meat
  • Syrups
  • Seeds, oilseeds fruits and extraction flours
  • Snacks
  • In oil and pickles
  • Spices, herbs
  • Fruit juices
  • Surfaces (buffers, sponge bags, slides, plates)
  • Tea, infusions, herbal teas
  • Eggs and egg products
  • Wines and spirits
  • Yogurt
  • Sugar and molasses