residue level above MRL for oxytetracycline (167 µg/kg - ppb) in frozen chicken meat from Brazil
- Classification
- Information notification for attention
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- poultry meat and poultry meat products
- Hazard
- oxytetracycline residue level above MRL - {residues of veterinary medicinal products}
- Origin
- Brazil
- Notifier
- Netherlands
What is this? Some frozen chicken meat from Brazil has a little too much of a medicine called oxytetracycline.
What's happening? The chicken meat has more of this medicine than is allowed. This is a serious issue.
Does this affect me? If you have this chicken, you may have eaten it. It came from Brazil.
What should I do? Do not eat it. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you feel unwell.
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Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: oxytetracycline residue level above MRL - {residues of veterinary medicinal products} · Origin: Brazil · Notifier: Netherlands
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