Cabinet Regulation No. 87 of 2002 on Procedures for Residue Control and Financing thereof

The Regulation prescribes the procedures for residue control and financing thereof. The presence of residues (veterinary medicinal products, veterinary pharmaceutical products, organochlorine and organophosphorus compounds, heavy metals and mycotoxins or metabolites thereof) is controlled in live bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, aquaculture animals, wild animals reared on a farm and game animals, animal feedingstuffs, products of animal origin, water utilised for animal drinking and water in which aquaculture animals live in all stages of circulation in order to ensure compliance with the requirements specified for human and animal health and life, and the environment. The Food and Veterinary Service monitors and controls compliance with this Regulation, as well as authorises State food inspectors and State veterinary inspectors to take samples of feedingstuffs, products, drinking water and surface water, as well as samples from animals for laboratory investigation, in order to determine the presence of residues.