Seo, Jegak;
Kloprogge, Frank;
Smith, Andrew;
Karu, Kersti;
Ciric, Lena;
(2024)
Antibiotic Residues in UK Foods: Exploring the Exposure Pathways and Associated Health Risks.
Toxics
, 12
(3)
, Article 174. 10.3390/toxics12030174.
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Abstract
While the use of antibiotics has been reported as extensive in the rearing of agricultural animals, insufficient information is available on the antibiotic residues in animal products and the adverse impact that consistent low-level exposure to antibiotics might have on the human body and its microbiome. The aim of this study was to estimate the antibiotic concentrations that humans are exposed to via their diet using the concentration of antibiotics in animal food products and water and an online survey on dietary intake. A total of 131 participants completed the dietary intake survey, with the majority belonging to the omnivorous diet group (76.3%). Distinct dietary trends were observed in the omnivorous and unknown groups eating animal products, with specific food types dominating each meal: pork (e.g., ham) and dairy products (e.g., milk, yoghurt) during breakfast, beef (e.g., burgers) and chicken (e.g., chicken breast) products during lunch, and fish (e.g., salmon fillet) during dinner. In total, 34 different animal-based food and drink products were tested for the presence of ten different antibiotics. Of all the products tested, over 35% exceeded the acceptable daily antibiotic intake for amoxicillin, ampicillin, and enrofloxacin.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Antibiotic Residues in UK Foods: Exploring the Exposure Pathways and Associated Health Risks |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/toxics12030174 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/3/174 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 by the Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | diet survey, food contamination, antibiotic residues, low-temperature partitioning extraction, exposure modelling |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187978 |
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