MCR 3 - A New Fast Micro-Array Chip Reader System for Qualifying and Quantifying Antibiotic Residues in Milk

摘要

The use of antibiotics in dairy cows is unavoidable as it is a matter of animal welfare. Thus residues of antibiotics in milk are unpreventable as well, but not in line with consumer demands for high-quality and safe food. Consequently most countrieshave defined maximum residue levels (MRLs) or safety levels for a number of antibacterial compounds already during the 1980ies and 1990ies to protect consumers from their unintended intake.To safeguard MRL or safety levels in food, qualification and quantification of the respective compounds is needed. But regardless the statutory demands since more than two or even three decades, methods for rapid and inexpensive analyses for practical use on-site are lacking.