doxycycline in chickenmeat from NL
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Not serious
- Category
- poultry meat and poultry meat products
- Hazard
- doxycycline residue level above MRL - {residues of veterinary medicinal products}
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Notifier
- Netherlands
What is this? Some chicken meat may have a little too much of a medicine called doxycycline. Doxycycline is used to treat infections in animals.
What's happening? Chicken meat from the Netherlands might have more doxycycline than allowed. This was found and reported.
Does this affect me? If you ate chicken from the Netherlands, Germany, or the UK, you might have some. The risk is low.
What should I do? If you are worried, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. Do not stop eating chicken unless they say so.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: doxycycline residue level above MRL - {residues of veterinary medicinal products} · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Netherlands
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