Chapter 5 - Sampling and Testing

Table of Contents

  • 5.1 Types of Testing
    • 5.1.1 Monitoring
    • 5.1.2 Directed sampling
    • 5.1.3 Compliance
  • 5.2 Chemical Residues
    • 5.2.1 Introduction
    • 5.2.2 Individual exposure
    • 5.2.3 Exposure of a lot
    • 5.2.4 In-plant exposure
    • 5.2.5 National Chemical Residue Monitoring Program - Domestic
    • 5.2.6 National Chemical Residue Monitoring Program - Imports
    • 5.2.7 Antibiotics
    • 5.2.8 Tetracyclines
    • 5.2.9 Sulfonamides
    • 5.2.10 Steroid Hormones
    • 5.2.11 Prostaglandins
    • 5.2.12 Somatotropin
    • 5.2.13 Beta agonists
    • 5.2.14 Other therapeutic agents
    • 5.2.15 Insecticides
    • 5.2.16 Other pesticides
    • 5.2.17 Chlorine
    • 5.2.18 Polyhalogenated hydrocarbons
    • 5.2.19 Heavy metals
    • 5.2.20 Hydraulic fluid
  • 5.3 Bacteria
    • 5.3.1 Introduction
    • 5.3.2 Ready-to-eat products (M200, M203)
    • 5.3.3 Domestic raw ground beef and raw ground veal (M201)
    • 5.3.4 Aerobic colony count (ACC)
    • 5.3.5 Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni
    • 5.3.6 Clostridium perfringens
    • 5.3.7 Generic E. coli
    • 5.3.8 Verotoxigenic E. coli
    • 5.3.9 Salmonella
    • 5.3.10 Yersinia enterocolitica
    • 5.3.11 Listeria
    • 5.3.12 Mycobacterium bovis
  • 5.4 Prions

    Section to be developed

  • 5.5 Parasites
    • 5.5.1 Cysticercosis
    • 5.5.2 Trichinella
  • 5.6 Histopathology
    • 5.6.1 Introduction
    • 5.6.2 Sample selection
    • 5.6.3 Testing
    • 5.6.4 Follow-up
  • 5.7 Compositional and Process Testing
    • 5.7.1 Introduction
    • 5.7.2 Nitrates/nitrites
    • 5.7.3 Protein
    • 5.7.4 Mechanically Separated Meat
    • 5.7.5 Species Verification
    • 5.7.6 Irradiation
    • 5.7.7 Can integrity - Imported (M206)
  • 5.8 Sample Submission Procedures
    • 5.8.1 Laboratory Sample Tracking System (LSTS)
    • 5.8.2 Recording of livestock identification
    • 5.8.3 Samples for chemical residue analysis
    • 5.8.4 Samples for antibiotic confirmation
    • 5.8.5 Samples for compositional analysis
    • 5.8.6 Samples for microbiological analysis
    • 5.8.7 Samples for BSE
    • 5.8.8 Samples for scrapie
    • 5.8.9 Samples for parasitology
    • 5.8.10 Samples for histopathology
  • 5.9 Forms
    • 5.9.1 CFIA/ACIA 1461 specimen identification (label)
  • 5.10 Residue, Anti-microbial and Micro-organisms System (RAMS)
    • 5.10.1 Introduction
    • 5.10.2 Notification
    • 5.10.3 Logging on
    • 5.10.4 Traceback detail
    • 5.10.5 Reassigning
    • 5.10.6 Animal information
    • 5.10.7 Owner information
  • 5.11 References

Annexes

  • Annex A - Submission Form - Cost Recovered Antibiotic Confirmation
  • Annex B - Example of Clenbuterol Residue Violation Letter
  • Annex C - Listeria In-depth audit form
  • Annex D - Instructions for the use of the Tuberculosis Submission Kit
  • Annex E - Collecting and Shipping Tissues from Animals at High Risk for Tuberculosis
  • Annex F - Media and Material Orders
  • Annex G -Directory of CFIA Laboratories
  • Annex H - Annual Microbiological Sampling Plan - to be developed
  • Annex I - Risk-based Verification Sampling of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Meat and Poultry Products
  • Annex J - CFIA Risk Based Verification sampling of Beef Trimmings intended for use in Raw Ground Beef - to be developed

Suggestions for changes or corrections to this chapter should be directed in writing to:

Dr. H. Scrimgeour
National Lead, Chemical Residues Working Group
Guelph Area Office
174 Stone Rd. W.
Guelph, Ontario N1G 4S9

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