Banned veterinary drugs detected in livestock and poultry meat, involving multiple products

Recently, the official website of the State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice announcing the results of spot checks on livestock and poultry meat from May to June, showing that of the 429 batches of samples inspected, 11 batches were substandard. Among them, multiple substandard samples were found to contain banned veterinary drugs such as salbutamol (commonly known as “lean meat powder”) and chloramphenicol.

The State Food and Drug Administration notice stated that the nominally listed production and business operators, products and substandard indicators involved in the substandard samples are:

Pork tenderloin produced by Harbin Dajiang Food Co., Ltd. and Senshun Hengfa front hindquarters produced by Beijing Senshun Hengfa Trading Co., Ltd. were found to contain the banned veterinary drug salbutamol;

Skin-on leg meat produced by Xuchang Xinhui Meat Joint Processing Co., Ltd., pork produced by Chuying Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group Zhengzhou Trading Co., Ltd. and white-striped chicken produced by the Sun Liuhu Slaughterhouse in Zhicheng Town, Jiyuan City, Henan Province were found to contain the banned veterinary drug chloramphenicol;

Pork produced by Chengdu Wutian Food Co., Ltd. was found to have enrofloxacin residues exceeding the limit;

Chicken sold by the Nanhu Farmers Market (Zheng Guoshui Poultry Meat Shop) in Jin'an District, Fuzhou City was found to contain the banned veterinary drug furazolidone metabolite;

Broiler chicken sold by the Legou Convenience Store in Dongcheng District, Xuchang City, Henan Province was found to contain the banned veterinary drug furaltadone metabolite and sulfonamide drug residues such as sulfamerazine exceeding the limit;

Chicken (Jiange native rooster) sold by the Kangji Poultry Business Department in Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province was found to contain the banned veterinary drug chloramphenicol;

Chicken sold by the Sibeizi White-Striped Chicken Stall and the Chunqing White-Striped Chicken Stall at the Guandu Market in Zhongmu County, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province was found to contain the banned veterinary drug furazolidone metabolite.

The State Food and Drug Administration stated that for the substandard products found in the above spot checks, the food and drug regulatory authorities of Beijing, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Henan and Sichuan provinces, where the enterprises are located, in accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, have ordered the production and business enterprises to promptly take measures such as removing the products from shelves and recalling them. The food and drug regulatory authorities of Heilongjiang and Henan provinces have handed over the relevant information on the 9 batches of substandard products involving the livestock and poultry breeding stage to the animal husbandry departments for handling.

The State Food and Drug Administration required the food and drug regulatory authorities of the above five provinces to further investigate and handle the producers and operators of the substandard products, ascertain the batch, quantity and cause of the substandard products, and formulate rectification measures. The investigation and rectification situation must be reported to the State Food and Drug Administration and announced to the public before August 20.