National Residue Control Plan (NRCP) is a statutory requirement for export to EU countries. Under NRCP, definite sampling schedule and sampling strategies are drawn every year for monitoring the residues of substances like Antibacterial/Veterinary Medicinal Products and environmental contaminants. Samples are collected from hatcheries, feed mills, aquaculture farms and processing plants, located in maritime states and tested for the presence of any residue/contaminant of the following substances:
Group A – Substances having an anabolic effect and unauthorized substances:
Sl. No.
Substances/Group
Parameters
1
Stilbenes (A1)
Diethyl Stilbestrol
Dienestrol
Hexestrol
2
Steroids (A3)
17-Beta Estradiol,
Progesterone &
Medroxy Progesterone acetate
3
Compounds included in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 (A6)
Chloramphenicol,
Nitrofurans (4) & their metabolites (4)
Nitroimidazoles (7)
Group B Substances – Veterinary drugs and Environmental contaminants:
Following are the other residue monitoring/control programmes undertaken by MPEDA QC Laboratories:
Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level (MPRNL):- This is an ongoing project funded by Dept. of Agriculture (MoA). The samples of inland fishes, crustaceans, and Molluscans collected from all the maritime states are analyzed for organo-chlorine pesticide residues by MPEDA QC Laboratory in Kochi.
Monitoring of radio nuclides:- The wild-caught Fishes, Shrimps and Cephalopods samples are collected from different regions and forwarded to BARC, Mumbai, for the analysis of radio nuclides.