Honey from U.E.
Antibiotic Residues
Bremen Laboratory

punaise.gif (183 octets)Two years

  1999 [%] 2000 [%]
Streptomycin 43,2 26
Sulfathiazol 28,8 16,2
Sulfamethazin 11,4 6,7
Oxytetracyclin 11,4 5,6
Tetracyclin 12,7 7,7
Chlortetracyclin 5,5 0,7

punaise.gif (183 octets)Chlortetracyclin in mg/kg

Year Gesamt n.n. <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
1999 623 589 3 27 1 3
% 100% 94,50% 0,50% 4,30% 0,20% 0,50%
Year Gesamt n.n. <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
2000 1438 1428 5 7 0 0
% 100 99,3 0,3 0,4 - -

punaise.gif (183 octets)Oxytetracyclin in mg/kg

Year Total n.n. <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
1999 623 552 9 59 2 1
% 100% 88,60% 1,40% 9,50% 0,30% 0,20%
Year Total n.n. <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
2000 1438 1385 19 30 2 2
% 100 96,4 1,3 2,1 0,1 0,1

punaise.gif (183 octets)Tetracyclin in mg/kg

Year Total n.d. <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
1999 623 544 16 61 2 0
% 100% 87,30% 2,60% 9,80% 0,30% 0,00%
Year Total n.d. <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
2000 1438 1328 25 72 7 6
% 100 92,3 1,7 5 0,5 0,5

punaise.gif (183 octets)Sulfathiazol in mg/kg

Year Total n.d <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
1999 2.104 1.499 91 359 67 88
% 100% 71,20% 4,30% 17,10% 3,20% 4,20%
Year Total n.d <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
2000 2777 2325 48 295 54 55
% 100 83,8 1,7 10,6 1,9 2

punaise.gif (183 octets)Sulfamethazin in mg/kg

Year Total n.d <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
1999 2.103 1.863 41 170 19 10
% 100% 88,60% 1,90% 8,10% 0,90% 0,50%
Year Total n.d <=0,01 <=0,1 <=0,2 >0,2
2000 2777 2591 28 111 19 28
% 100 93,3 1 4 0,7 1

punaise.gif (183 octets)Streptomycin in mg/kg

Year Total n.d <0,02 <0,1 <0,2 >0,2
1999 1.966 1.117 295 421 78 55
% 100% 56,80% 15,00% 21,40% 4,00% 3,80%
Year Total n.d <0,02 <0,1 <0,2 >0,2
2000 1991 1473 216 212 23 66
% 100 74 10,9 10,6 1,2 3,3

punaise.gif (183 octets)Antibiotic in EU - Honey 1999

Not in accordance
with EU-law
Origin Sample number positive [%]
Italy 26 7 27
Spain 29 28 97
Germany 22 6 27
France 8 4 50
England 2 1 50
Austria 2 - 0
Denmark 4 2 50
Sweden 2 - 0
Finland 3 - 0
Swiss 2 - 0
Belgium 2 - 0
Greece 6 - 0
Sum 108    
in % 100 48 44,4

Positive means >= 0,01 mg/kg
Origin as labelled by the send

punaise.gif (183 octets)Survey: Antibiotic residues in European Honey 1999

Streptomycines Sulfonamides Tetracyclines
   Sample number positive negative positive negative positive negative
Italy 26 1 25 2 24 4 22
Spain 29 1 28 21 8 6 23
Germany 22 1 21 3 19 2 20
France 8 - 8 2 6 2 6
England 2 - 2 1 1 - 2
Austria 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Denmark 4 1 3 - 4 1 3
Sweden 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Finland 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
Swiss 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Belgium 2 - 2 - 2 - 2
Greece 6 - 6 - 6 - 6
Sum 108 4 104 29 79 15 93
in % 100 4 96 27 73 14 86

Positive means >= 0,01 mg/kg
Origin as labelled by the send


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