Contaminação química por antimicrobianos em leite e impactos na saúde pública: uma revisão

Abstract

The milk characterizes one of the most complete foods, which have daily consumption and since childhood, so that a food of excellence in quality is offered if it is necessary the tracking of undue substances that may come from inappropriate use in animals, such as antibiotics. That because they are widely used in livestock, both for therapeutic and anaphylactic purposes, can present risks to the quality of the food and the health of the consuming population. Brazil has a rigid legislation that complies with the maximum limit of these substances, but the work should be strengthened in the issues of awareness of the risks that these substances when inappropriately used can bring to the health of the population, besides loss for the producer since after detection there is product disposal. To minimize this problem of drug residues, it is necessary that there be more criteria in the prescription and more restriction to buy these products by the producers. This work had the objective of compiling information through bibliographies covering public health issues that are related to the quality of milk provided in the country.