Results from the monitoring of veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances in live animals and animal products - United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland

This dataset contains the monitoring results of veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances measured in live animals and animal products analysed by the national competent authority of United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. The presence of unauthorised substances, residues of veterinary medicinal products in food may pose a risk factor for public health. For this reason and in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, a comprehensive legislative framework has been established in the European Union (EU) which defines maximum limits permitted in food and monitoring programmes for the control of the presence of these substances in the food chain. Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 establishes maximum limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in food-producing animals and animal products. Maximum residue levels for pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1646 lays down practical arrangements for and specific content of official controls of the use of veterinary medicinal products in live animals and products of animal origin through three different official national control plans: a national risk-based control plan for production in the Member States, a national randomised surveillance plan for production in the Member States and a national risk-based control plan for third-country imports. Additionally, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 lays down the range of samples and stage of production, processing and distribution at which the samples are to be taken. Since 2018 until 2022, the data on the national residue monitoring plan were reported to EFSA in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC. The dataset contains the results of laboratory tests from samples taken from bovines, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, rabbits, farmed game, wild game aquaculture, milk, eggs and honey, and from 2023 also samples from casings, insects and reptiles. Targeted samples are taken with the aim of detecting illegal treatment or controlling compliance with the maximum levels laid down in the relevant legislation. This means that, in their national plans Member States target the groups of animals (species, gender, age) where the probability of finding residues is the highest. Conversely, the objective of random sampling is to collect significant data to evaluate, for example, consumer exposure to a specific substance. Suspect samples are taken as a consequence of i) non-compliant results on samples taken in accordance with the control plans, ii) possession or presence of prohibited substances at any point during manufacture, storage, distribution or sale through the food and feed production chain, or iii) suspicion or evidence of illegal treatment or non-compliance with the withdrawal period for an authorised medicinal veterinary product. Residues of pharmacologically active substances mean active substances, excipients or degradation products and their metabolites, which remain in food. Unauthorised substances mean substances that are not authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as a feed additive under European Union legislation. Prohibited substances mean substances which are prohibited for use in food producing animals according to the European Union legislation. Non-compliant sample is a sample that has been analysed for the presence of one or more substances and failed to comply with the legal provisions for at least one substance. Thus, a sample can be non-compliant for one or more substances. For 2021 and 2022 the only United Kingdom data that were reported to EFSA were from Northern Ireland. In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandfrom the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the WindsorFramework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee establishedby the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EuropeanUnion and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p.87) in conjunction withsection 24 of Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Regulation, references to Member States include theUnited Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. REPORTING AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTING TO EACH DATA COLLECTION: VMPR_2024 – Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs VMPR_2023 – Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs VMPR_2022 – Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs VMPR_2021 – Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs本数据集包含英国国家主管部门针对北爱尔兰开展的活体动物与动物产品中兽药残留（veterinary medicinal product residues）及其他物质的监测结果。食品中若存在未授权物质与兽药残留，可能对公众健康构成风险。 为此，为确保高水平的消费者保护，欧盟（European Union, EU）建立了一套完善的法律框架，明确了食品中允许的最大残留限量以及管控食物链内此类物质的监测方案。（欧盟）第37/2010号条例确立了食用动物及动物产品中的兽药残留最大限量标准。植物源及动物源食品与饲料中的农药最大残留限量，已在（欧共体）第396/2005号条例中作出规定。欧盟委员会2022/1646号实施条例明确了针对活体动物及动物产品兽药使用的官方管控的实操安排与具体内容，具体通过三类官方国家管控计划实施：成员国生产领域的国家风险导向管控计划、成员国生产领域的国家随机监测计划，以及第三国进口的国家风险导向管控计划。此外，欧盟委员会2022/1644号委托条例规定了采样的样本范围以及生产、加工与流通环节。 2018年至2022年期间，国家残留监测计划相关数据依据理事会第96/23/EC号指令报送至欧洲食品安全局（European Food Safety Authority, EFSA）。 本数据集涵盖了从牛、猪、绵羊、山羊、马、家禽、兔、养殖野味、野生水产养殖动物、牛奶、鸡蛋及蜂蜜中采集样本的实验室检测结果；自2023年起，新增了肠衣、昆虫及爬行动物样本的检测结果。 针对性采样的目的是检测非法用药行为，或核查是否符合相关法规规定的最大限量标准。这意味着，成员国在其国家计划中会将采样重点放在最有可能检出残留的动物群体（物种、性别、年龄）上。反之，随机采样的目标则是采集具有代表性的数据，以评估消费者对某一特定物质的暴露情况。 疑似样本的采集情形包括：1）依据管控计划采集的样本检测结果不合格；2）在食品与饲料生产链的制造、储存、流通或销售任一环节中存在或持有禁用物质；3）存在非法用药行为，或未遵守授权兽药产品休药期的嫌疑或证据。 药理活性物质残留是指留存于食品中的活性成分、辅料、降解产物及其代谢物。未授权物质是指依据欧盟法规未被批准作为兽药或饲料添加剂的物质。禁用物质是指依据欧盟法规禁止用于食用动物的物质。不合格样本是指经检测发现一种或多种物质，且至少一种物质不符合法律规定的样本。因此，样本可因一种或多种物质而判定为不合格。 2021年与2022年，报送至欧洲食品安全局的英国相关数据仅来自北爱尔兰。根据《大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国脱离欧洲联盟与欧洲原子能共同体协定》，尤其是温莎框架第5(4)条（详见2023年3月24日《大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国脱离欧洲联盟与欧洲原子能共同体协定》设立的联合委员会发布的欧盟与英国第1/2023号联合声明，《官方公报》L 102号，2023年4月17日，第87页），结合该框架附件2第24条，就本条例而言，“成员国”的表述涵盖针对北爱尔兰的英国。 各数据批次的报送机构如下： VMPR_2024——农业、环境与农村事务部 VMPR_2023——农业、环境与农村事务部 VMPR_2022——农业、环境与农村事务部 VMPR_2021——农业、环境与农村事务部