Detection of sulfadimethoxine in chicken muscle
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Potential risk
- Category
- poultry meat and poultry meat products
- Hazard
- sulfadimethoxine residue level above MRL - {residues of veterinary medicinal products}
- Origin
- France
- Notifier
- France
What is this? Some chicken meat may have a small amount of a medicine called sulfadimethoxine. This can happen if the chicken was given medicine.
What's happening? Chicken from France might have too much of this medicine in it. This was found in France, Gabon, and the Netherlands.
Does this affect me? If you ate chicken from France recently, this might affect you.
What should I do? Do not eat the chicken. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: sulfadimethoxine residue level above MRL - {residues of veterinary medicinal products} · Origin: France · Notifier: France
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