At the moment, a new GOST is being developed in the Russian Federation, the main task of which is to ban the presence of antibiotics both in dairy raw materials and in finished products.

In addition, quality specialists intend to develop special express methods for determining antibiotics in milk. This was reported by the chairman of the technical standardization committee "Milk and milk processing products" of Rosstandart Arkady Ponomarev.

According to the head of the department, today the market of the Russian Federation urgently needs stricter standards for the content of antibiotics in milk. For this, the program of a new standard for milk and products from it is being considered today. "When using products with antibiotics, a person gets used to them," noted Arkady Ponomarev. “And if he needs these medications during his illness, they may not work.”

It will not be superfluous to add that any established norm should be scientifically substantiated, evaluated and enshrined in the technical regulations. This is also confirmed by the employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor. According to the press service of the National Union of Milk Producers, if antibiotics are used to treat animals, milk received from such animals during the treatment period must be disposed of and not allowed to be processed. implementation.