Excess of licomycin in pigmeat from Spain
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- meat and meat products (other than poultry)
- Hazard
- lincomycin unauthorised - {residues of veterinary medicinal products}
- Origin
- Spain
- Notifier
- Spain
What is this? Some pig meat from Spain has too much lincomycin. Lincomycin is a medicine sometimes given to animals.
What's happening? Spain found lincomycin in pig meat. The meat was sent to other countries.
Does this affect me? If you ate pig meat from Spain, you might have had too much lincomycin.
What should I do? Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you feel unwell. Do not eat the meat if you still have it.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: lincomycin unauthorised - {residues of veterinary medicinal products} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
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