Laboratory manual of standardized methods for analysis of pesticide and antibiotic residues in aquaculture products

 


Ilda G. Borlongan
Joyce Ng Poh Chuan

 

 

 


SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Aquaculture and Marine Fisheries Research Department


GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TRUST FUND 

 

 


On the Cover

Laboratory manual of standardized
methods for the analysis of
pesticide and antibiotic residues
in aquaculture products
 

ISBN: 9718511660


Published by:
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Aquaculture Department
Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines


Copyright @ 2004
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Aquaculture Department
Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
 

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For inquiries: SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department 5021 Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
Fax: 63-33-335-1008
E-mail: aqdchief@aqd.seafdec.org.ph
AQD website: http://www.seafdec.org.ph


PREFACE
 

Aquaculture production in Southeast Asia has grown rapidly and is now a major contributor to food supply worldwide. The use of chemicals in aquaculture systems for various purposes is widely recognized. While aquaculturists acknowledge that some operations are reliant on chemical usage, they also realize the potential danger associated with chemical misuse. The increasing use of chemicals in aquaculture has led to widespread public concern because pesticide and antibiotic residues could eventually end up in aquaculture products. Because of their potential adverse effect on human health, governments worldwide set limits on allowable levels of chemical
residues in food and animal feeds and monitor these levels. The monitoring and enforcement actions are, however, dependent on the technical capability to detect residues. Realizing this need, the Government of Japan through the Trust Fund's Fish Disease Project funded a project to standardize methodologies for detection of pesticide and antibiotic residues in aquaculture products. Two separate studies were implemented by the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD, Philippines) and the Marine Fisheries Research Department (SEAFDEC/MFRD, Singapore) on pesticide and antibiotic residues, respectively. The results of these studies are the basis for this manual, which will benefit all those involved in the monitoring and enforcement aspects of chemical residue limits in aquaculture products in the region.
 

Dr. Kazuya Nagasawa
Fish Disease Project Leader
Government of Japan Trust Fund
 

 

 


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 

The Government of Japan (GOJ) - Trust Fund through SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department provided financial support for publication of this manual. Dr. Yasuo Inui, the first Fish Disease Project Leader of the GOJ - Trust Fund Project laid down the ground-work for the smooth conduct of the project. Ms. Lai-Kim Tan-Low of MFRD was the study leader of the antibiotic residue  project. We thank Dr. Relicardo M. Coloso and Ms. Milagros Castanos for reviewing the manuscript and Engr. Nelson Golez for the cover design.

 

 

 

 


CONTENTS

 

Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents


Chapter 1: DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS

Introduction
Determination of Oxolinic Acid by HPLC-fluorescence Method

Principle
Apparatus
Reagents
Sampling Procedure
Procedure
Calculation
Method Validation
References

Determination of Oxytetracycline, Tetracycline and Chlortetracycline by HPLC-fluorescence Method
Principle
Apparatus
Reagents
Sampling Procedure
Procedure
Calculation
Method Validation
References

Chapter 2: DETECTION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS

Introduction
Preparation of Samples

Multi-residue Method
Principle
Reagents
Extraction
Clean-up
Petroleum Ether-Acetonitrile Partitioning
Florisil Column Clean-up
Magnesia Column Clean-up
Detection and Quantitation by Gas Chromatography
Gas Chromatographic Conditions
Procedure

Determination of Pesticide Residues in Non-fatty Samples
Principle
Reagents
Extraction
Calculation of Equivalent Sample Weight

Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Residues
Extraction
Clean up (Florisil Column)

Determination of Carbamate Residues
Principle
Reagents
Extraction and Clean-up
Method Validation
Limits of Detection
References