Eurofins is granted approval for QS feed monitoring for antibiotically active substances
Ensure the quality of your feed professionally by a QS-approved laboratory
Aug 2020. Eurofins from now on fulfils the new criteria for QS feed monitoring regarding the analysis of antibiotically active substances and thus completes its portfolio in this area. Since 1 July 2020, an extended list of substances is applicable for the analysis of antibiotically active substances in QS feed monitoring. Furthermore, the examination procedure is now exclusively limited to LC-MS/MS. Since 1 July 2020, it is no longer permitted to test antibiotically active substances with the inhibitor test, as it has not proven to be reliable enough.
According to the QS guidelines, feedstuffs are divided into four groups in which different antibiotically active substances must be tested. The substances include antibiotics from the group of beta lactams, cephalosporins, colistin, amphenicols, quinolones, macrolides, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, nitrofurans, as well as coccidiostats, virginiamycin, malachite green and leukomalachite green.
Analysis of antibiotically active substances
Veterinary drugs are used to heal and prevent diseases, but also used as growth promoters or sedatives on transport routes.
Our risk-based Eurofins veterinary drug analysis package includes screening and confirmation methods for more than 250 substances, including antibiotics, antiparasitics, hormones, β-agonists, endocrine disruptors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The portfolio ranges from single-substance to multi-group analyses and screening methods and can be applied to all food and feed matrices.
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Please also visit our webpage on the analysis of veterinary drug residues.
Do you have questions about the analysis of antibiotically active substances? Please contact your personal account manager or our expert Carina Kellner.
