Determination of antibiotics in meat samples using analytical methodologies: A review

Antibiotics are widely used to prevent or treat some diseases in human and veterinary medicine and also as animal growth promoters. The presence of these compounds in foods derived from food‐producing animals can be a risk for human health. Consequently, regulatory agencies have set maximum residue...

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Published in:Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety 2021-03, Vol.20 (2), p.1681-1716
Main Authors: Moga, Ancuta, Vergara‐Barberán, María, Lerma‐García, María Jesús, Carrasco‐Correa, Enrique Javier, Herrero‐Martínez, José Manuel, Simó‐Alfonso, Ernesto Francisco
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Language:English
Subjects:
antibiotic
Antibiotics
determination
extraction
Food
Meat
Regulatory agencies
Reviews
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:Antibiotics are widely used to prevent or treat some diseases in human and veterinary medicine and also as animal growth promoters. The presence of these compounds in foods derived from food‐producing animals can be a risk for human health. Consequently, regulatory agencies have set maximum residue limits for antibiotics in food samples. Therefore, the development of novel methodologies for its determination in food samples is required. Specifically, the analysis and quantification of these substances in meat tissues is a challenge for the analytical chemistry research community. This is due to the complexity of the matrix and the low detection limits required by the regulatory agencies. In this sense, a comprehensive review on the development of new sample preparation treatments involving extraction, cleanup, and enrichment steps of antibiotics in meat samples in combination with sensitive and sophisticated determination techniques that have been carry out in the last years is necessary. Therefore, the aim of this work is to summarize the published methodologies for the determination of antibiotics from 2016 until the beginning of the second semester of 2020. The first part of this review includes an introduction about antibiotic families, followed by sample preparation and determination techniques applied to the different families. Finally, a detailed discussion of the current trends and the future possible perspectives in this field are also included.
ISSN:1541-4337
1541-4337
DOI:10.1111/1541-4337.12702