TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES OF METHODS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF SEVERAL CLASSES OF ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN CHICKEN MEAT

Antibiotics are routinely used to treat and prevent infections in humans as well as in animals. Excessive use of antibiotics in animals, especially in poultry, accumulates residues in the meat and organs beyond legal limits. A large number of classes and types of antibiotics often used in the poultry sector raises problems in quantitative detection methodologies. These techniques must be economical, comply with the requirements of the international standard for maximum residue limits detection, and be sensitive, reproducible, and reliable. Given the complexity of the requirements that such a methodology must meet, the study presents the technological advances of modern technology such as High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS), Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) in the simultaneous detection of several antibiotic residues belonging to different classes. The paper aims to facilitate the simultaneous detection of as many antibiotic residues in chicken meat in the spirit of the One Health concept.