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Investigation of the residue behavior of different antibiotics in aqua-cultured shrimps
Project
Project code: BfR-LMS-08-1322-333
Contract period: 01.04.2008
- 31.12.2008
Purpose of research: Applied research
In Europe, the use of antibiotics for the treatment of food-producing aquacultures is very restricted. On a global scale and especially in some of the Asian countries being the main producers of aqua-cultured products, the application of a large number of antibiotics (>60 active substances) has been reported.In 2005, the global production of shrimps amounted to 6,091,889 tones. The largest part of the total production was assigned to game catches. However, the portion of the total production originating from aquacultures constantly grows. In 2005, 2,675,336 tones of shrimp were produced in aquacultures corresponding to 44 % of the total production. This also represents an increase of 11 % compared to the year 2000. Market leader in the production of shrimp from aquaculture is Thailand. In Thailand, an average of 34 shrimp farms is settled in a periphery of 3 km usually using the same water resources. The water quality is often quite poor resulting in an easy spreading of pathogens. Thus, formerly productive areas may suffer from production losses caused by infections of shrimps with pathogenic bacteria or viruses and are therefore often treated with antibiotics. However, extensive application of antibiotics results in residues also occurring in traded food. In the past but also nowadays antibiotics are used which are in the European Union (EU) not permitted to be found in such foodstuffs. In September 2001, an obligatory examination of chloramphenicol (CAP) in shrimps from China, Viet Nam and Indonesia was issued by the EU based on decision 2001/699/EG. The basis of this decision was set by some positive detects of residues of CAP in shrimps imported into the EU. In the EU, the use of CAP and its occurrence in food-producing animals is prohibited based on Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 with CAP listed as prohibited substance in Annex IV to this provision. CAP is sus-ceptible of causing aplastic anemia and has also some genotoxic potentials.
Section overview
Subjects
- Recirculation systems
- Mariculture
