Drug Residues in Foods: Pharmacology: Food Safety, and Analysis (Food Science and Technology)

"Offers unique data on the physiochemical properties, functions and metabolism, toxicological and pharmacological effects, regulatory control, antimicrobial resistance, and consumer perceptions of food residue regulation." Pt.I Drugs in food-producing animals. 1. A general view of drug usage 2. Some pharmacokinetic considerations 3. Antibacterial drugs 4. Antihelminthic drugs 5. Anticoccidial and other antiprotozoal drugs 6. Antimicrobial growth promoters 7. Anabolic hormonal-type growth promoters 8. Other drugs 9. Benefits and risks of drug usage Pt.II Residues in food 10. Drug residues and public health 11. Safety assessment and control of residues 12. Global harmonization of regulatory requirements 13. Incidence of violative residues in food 14. Factors influencing the occurrence of residues in foods 15. Costs of residues in the livestock industry 16. Residue avoidance management 17. Stability of residues during food processing 18. Consumer perceptions and concerns Pt.III Analysis of drug residues 19. The analytical challenge 20. Sample preparation 21. Derivatization 22. Separation 23. Detection 24. Confirmation 25. Validation 26. Analytical strategy 27. Microbiological methods 28. Immunochemical methods 29. Physicochemical methods 30. Future trends Index Annotation One of the unfortunate side effects of rearing large numbers of animals in close confinement, and high stocking densities in intensive aquaculture, is the difficulty of preventing disease, and the need to use drugs for prevention. Treating the question of how to determine what drugs remain in food, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the resultant issues: the pros and cons of all microbiological, immunochemical, and physicochemical methods to determine drug residue; the residue-depletion profiles of the drugs; antimicrobial resistance; the cost of residues to the livestock industry; stability of residues in storage, preparation, and processing; and the incidence of violative residues in the US, Canada, Europe, and elsewhere. The authors are both professors at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) In modern farming practices, drugs are being used on a large scale.