UK: Traces of Chloramphenicol Found in Royal Jelly Nutritional
Supplements
Survey on Royal Jelly Supplements
Food Standards Agency (UK), 2/27/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/02/uk-traces-of-chloramphenicol-found-in.html
In a survey published today on behalf of the Veterinary Residues
Committee (VRC), the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) reports that
traces of chloramphenicol, a veterinary medicine banned for use in food
producing animals, were found in 18 samples of high concentration royal
jelly nutritional supplements.
However, the risks from the levels found in the affected samples would
have been extremely small...
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