Post on 22-Dec-2015
Case study no. 4Case study no. 4
Imported turkey meat with antibioticsImported turkey meat with antibiotics
2013-1-RO1-LEO05-28756
LLP-LdV/ TOI/ 2013/ RO/ 007
IntroductionIntroduction
A case study conducted in
Germany revealed the fact that almost all the turkey meat produced in this country contains
antibiotics.
Romania imports from
Germany more than 11.000 tons of turkey every year.
Johannes Remmel, the Customer Protection
specialist who conducted this case study, which
was the first study of this kind conducted in
Germany, declared that 95% of over 19 million
turkeys are injected with antibiotics.
According to German laws, antibiotics should be administered only to sick animals, and the authorities promised they would tighten up controls and pay more
attention to the medicine administered to animals.
A five-year project to reduce antibiotics administeredA five-year project to reduce antibiotics administered
The German Farmers Association initiated a project by which they intend to reduce by 30% the antibiotics administered to turkeys
over the next 5 years.
Producers administer large quantities of medicine to turkeys so they would grow as fast as possible and they would not get any
disease, with the aim of obtaining the largest profit.
Romania imports turkey meat from GermanyRomania imports turkey meat from Germany
Romania imports turkey meat from Germany. In 2011, for
example, there have already been imported about 11.000 tons.
The turkey meat necessary for local consumption is provided mostly by local
production.
This explains the fact that turkeys are imported in carcass from Holland and they are processed in Romania: the processed turkey breast returns
to Holland in packages.
Romanian producers do not use antibiotics, as a ruleRomanian producers do not use antibiotics, as a rule
Romanian turkey producers use antibiotics only following analyses performed by veterinary doctors, who recommend their administration based on the results of these analyses.
Antibiotics administering in our farms is done, if applicable, only under the surveillance of the Sanitary Veterinary Authority.