Monitoring the degree of contamination of milk with residual amounts of antibiotics by manufacturers

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, there has been an increase in demand for organic agriculture products in Russia, which is associated with an increase in the popularity of healthy lifestyle. The general public is showing an increasing interest in their health and healthy nutrition, one of the important components of which is the use of environmentally friendly products. Milk and dairy products are traditionally included in the list of daily foods consumed in a “healthy” diet. The increased use of antibiotics in animal husbandry as therapeutic, prophylactic and growth-stimulating agents and non-observance of the rejection period of milk after treatment of animals are the reasons that certain lots of raw milk contain residual amounts of medicinal preparations in excess of the norm. Periodically published results of inspections by Rospotrebnadzor confirm that such excess occurs in finished dairy products of certain manufacturers. The article presents the results of a study of the safety of milk in the Omsk region, which is supplied for processing using a universal express method, which makes it possible to efficiently detect simultaneously antibiotics of four groups in raw milk in accordance with the requirements of the Technical Regulations. 3.653 samples from farms supplying raw milk from 5 districts of the Omsk region were checked; the share of rejected raw milk samples for 12 months of the study was 0.7% of all analyzed samples, this is more than 2 batches of milk per month, most of the rejected batches of milk (65%) are characterized by a higher content of the antibiotic tetracycline.

Identifying the Determinants of Regional Raw Milk Prices in Russia Using Machine Learning

“…Generally, an increase in milk price might be considered a positive development because farmers and milk producers receive higher prices for raw milk. However, the supply of high-quality raw milk is a serious problem in Russia due to the lack and low quality of feeding resources and hygiene [4], as well as the contamination of raw milk with antibiotics [57].…”