Study of antibiotic removals in various honey samples with different methods

In today's livestock applications, the use of veterinary medicines is very important for the efficient and safe production of meat, fish, milk, eggs and honey. The use of these drugs is subject to strict licensing and approval procedures with a system similar to that of medicinal products. Medicines and other chemical substances are used for the prevention of diseases and acceleration of development in animals. However, it is considered to be a residue if it exceeds the limits of food, such as meat, milk, eggs, honey. In our work, we collected 20 pieces of packaged, 20 pieces of honey sold in unpacked. Unpacked samples were collected from various cities beekeeping of Turkey (Erzurum, Siirt, Malatya, Kars, Gümüşhane, Çanakkale, Artvin, Erzincan, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize) . Packaged samples were obtained from the market. Bought samples were delivered to the laboratory in sterile conditions in the cold chain and stored at 2-8 ° C until the working day. Firstly, the antibiotic residues in the samples were qualitatively detected with the MeRA Test. Tetracyclin levels of all samples were then quantitatively determined by elisa method. This test is intended to qualitatively determine the results. This kit is designed to be optimized for meat products. 40 samples were analyzed and the positivity was found 19 samples sold in open and in 16 samples of packaged samples. Compared with Elisa, the MeRA test was found to be a cheap, fast and practical test for Tetracycline residues. As a result, it is seen that the use of antibiotics is still uncontrolled in honey production in our country. Be more careful for quality honey production.