title: Antibiotics in food: legislation and validation of analytical methodologies.
abstract: In this paper, European food safety legislation is presented, and special attention is devoted to monitoring residues of veterinary drugs in foodstuffs of animal origin. After a short review of the state of the art of analytical methodology for antibiotic residue analysis, the paper focuses on validation of analytical methods, with Decision 657/2002/EC as reference document. Finally, the main issues of the quality control of the analytical data, i.e. analysis of reference materials and participation in proficiency tests, are briefly addressed.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Analítica, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028, Barcelona, Spain. compano@ub.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Companyó
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guiteras
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Prat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D005062:European Union; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007881:Legislation, Food; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents