Jeongeup-si, Promotion of the Livestock Product Residue Allowance List Management System

Published 26 Mar.2024 13:06(KST)

Jeongeup City in Jeollabuk-do announced on the 26th that it has started promoting the Positive List System (PLS) for livestock products to livestock farms, following the implementation of the PLS system to strengthen the safety of livestock products from this year.

Livestock Product Residual Allowable Substance List Management System Promotional Poster. <br>Photo by Jeongeup-si

Livestock Product Residual Allowable Substance List Management System Promotional Poster.
Photo by Jeongeup-si

The livestock PLS system is based on the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s “Standards and Specifications for Food,” where for the five major livestock products (cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs), animal drugs with established maximum residue limits are managed as before during residue inspections, while drugs without such limits are subject to a sunset standard of non-detection level (0.01 mg/kg).

Accordingly, farms producing the five major livestock products must comply with the maximum residue limits of veterinary drugs by ▲ adhering to the prescribed dosage, administration method (route), and withdrawal period ▲ prohibiting the overlapping use of drugs with the same ingredients and managing drug usage records ▲ thoroughly cleaning feed containers, barns, and feed storage facilities, and during the withdrawal period, providing only samples and water free of drugs, among other meticulous management practices.

Furthermore, with the introduction of the livestock PLS system, livestock products exceeding the maximum residue limits will be entirely discarded, and strict regulatory inspections, shipment restrictions, and guidance on residue prevention improvement measures will be intensively managed for six months.

Additionally, under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, administrative penalties such as fines of up to 1 million won will be imposed.

Kim Kwang-seong, Director of the Livestock Division, stated, “The implementation of the livestock PLS system is expected to be an opportunity to further enhance the safety of the public’s food,” and added, “We ask livestock farmers to use approved veterinary drugs according to the prescribed methods.”