FESTIM REXHEPI BIZENA BIJO, ALUSH MUSAJ, VALDET GJINOVCI, KUJTIM UKA
Kosovo Food and Veterinary Agency, Department of Public Health / Industrial Zone, Pristina 10000, Kosovo
University of Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine / Kodër Kamëz, Tirana 10000, Albania
University of Mitrovica, Faculty of Food Thechnology / Industrial Park, Mitrovica 40000, Kosovo
*Corresponding author; E-mail: festim.rexhepi@rks-gov.net
Abstract
The Kosovo Food and Veterinary Agency as a Competent Authority for Food Safety, drafts and monitors the National Plan for Residue, in order to obtain an overview of the compliance with the Food and Feed National Law. According to the Directive 96/23 /EC for the Measures on Monitoring of certain substances and their residues in live animals and products of animal origin as well as the National Administrative Instruction 07/2016 regarding prohibition on the use of stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of beta-agonist, Competent Authority monitored implementation plan in compliance with EU policies for veterinary drugs residues monitoring. The stilbene substances (Group A1-Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives, their salts and esters) are substances which are strictly banned for use in animals, that are used for food production. Diethylstilbestrol DES is the main representativ active substance of stilbenes, as a syntetic derivate of non steroidal estrogenes. It is possible usage for commercial purposes from farmers, poses a food safety risk. Regarding this publication we are going to present the monitoring of residues in bovines for the last three years. We planned to collect 30 samples, on farm level 15 (urine) respectively in slaughterhouse 15 (meat). Out of total 30 planned samples to be tested, and all of them were actually tested. Samples were tested in Food and Veterinary Laboratory, using ELISA as rapid test. The final result shows that 28 (93.3 %) of them have negative detection and two of them (6.6 %) resulted as suspected in urine matrix on farm level. As a result, we conclude there is a necessity for further testing on confirmatory analysis.
Keywords: Diethylstilbestrol-DES; Elisa; Meat; Residues; Sample; Urine;
