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Situation of antibiotic residues in pork, chicken and beef in Thailand

Volume: 107  ,  Issue: 1 , August    Published Date: 18 August 2022
Publisher Name: IJRP
Views: 276  ,  Download: 234 , Pages: 13 - 18    
DOI: 10.47119/IJRP1001071820223771

Authors

# Author Name
1 Phansuthip Boonmathun

Abstract

Humans can exist by consuming food. In our daily lives, there are free foods as well as foods that contain residues such as drug resistance in meat. There are many cases of unsafe consumption disadvantages, such as headaches, nausea and vomiting, allergic reactions or even fatalities, where food residues can be obtained from various sources such as agriculture, pesticides, fruit residues, livestock, as well as aquatic animals. When humans have increased demand for food, they are increasingly consuming food. As a result, many food sources use various substances to increase productivity and result in residues, such as the use of accelerants for pigs to grow quickly, increasing the weight of pigs in a matter of months. The constant detection of antibiotic residues in pork, chicken, and cows shows the problem of residues that have not improved at all. This is due to the use of antibiotics on farms, hygiene, and incorrect drug habits. It affects a lot of our daily lives. When consuming foods containing large quantities of residues for a long time. These residues can cause long-term effects, with the effects of exposure to large amounts of residues in the body, possibly leading to the development of antibiotic bacteria. As a result, various ailments followed later. This study contains objects intended to study the situation of antibiotic residues in pork, chicken, and cows, which are the main food days of Thai people and to increase awareness of safe food. The study was based on government report sources as well as relevant research to collect and analyze data.

Keywords

  • public health
  • biomedicine
  • food safety