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Chapter 5 - Sampling and Testing

5.1 TYPES OF TESTING
	5.1.1 Monitoring 5.1.2 Directed 5.1.3 Compliance
5.2 CHEMICAL RESIDUES
	5.2.1 Introduction
		5.2.1.1 Definition 5.2.1.2 Concerns 5.2.1.3 Causes 5.2.1.4 Legal authorities
	5.2.2 Individual exposure
		5.2.2.1 Introduction 5.2.2.2 Sample selection 5.2.2.3 Testing 5.2.2.4 Follow-up
	5.2.3 Exposure of a lot
		5.2.3.1 Introduction 5.2.3.2 Sample selection 5.2.3.3 Testing 5.2.3.4 Follow-up
	5.2.4 In-plant exposure
		5.2.4.1 Introduction 5.2.4.2 Sample selection 5.2.4.3 Testing 5.2.4.4 Follow-up
	5.2.5 National Chemical Residue Monitoring Program - Domestic
		5.2.5.1 Introduction 5.2.5.2 Sample selection 5.2.5.3 Testing 5.2.5.4 Follow-up
	5.2.6 National Chemical Residue Monitoring Program - Imports
		5.2.6.1 Introduction 5.2.6.2 Sample Selection 5.2.6.3 Testing 5.2.6.4 Follow-up
	5.2.7 Antibiotics
		5.2.7.1 Introduction 5.2.7.2 Sample selection 5.2.7.3 Testing 5.2.7.4 Confirmation 5.2.7.5 Follow-up 5.2.7.6 Disposal of STOP kit components
	5.2.8 Tetracyclines
		5.2.8.1 Introduction 5.2.8.2 Testing 5.2.8.3 Follow-up
	5.2.9 Sulfonamides
		5.2.9.1 Introduction 5.2.9.2 Sample selection 5.2.9.3 Testing 5.2.9.4 Follow-up procedures on positive SOS urine test 5.2.9.5 Follow-up procedures on notification of confirmatory lab results 5.2.9.6 Company testing
	5.2.10 Steroid Hormones
		5.2.10.1 Introduction 5.2.10.2 Sample selection 5.2.10.3 Testing 5.2.10.4 Follow-up 5.2.10.5 Surveillance Program for Hormones in Veal
	5.2.11 Prostaglandins
		5.2.11.1 Introduction 5.2.11.2 Sample selection
	5.2.12 Somatotropin
		5.2.12.1 Introduction 5.2.12.2 Sample selection
	5.2.13 Beta agonists
		5.2.13.1 Introduction 5.2.13.2 Sample selection 5.2.13.3 Testing 5.2.13.4 Follow-up
	5.2.14 Other therapeutic agents
		5.2.14.1 Introduction 5.2.14.2 Sample selection 5.2.14.3 Testing 5.2.14.4 Follow-up
	5.2.15 Insecticides
		5.2.15.1 Introduction 5.2.15.2 Sample selection 5.2.15.3 Testing 5.2.15.4 Follow-up
	5.2.16 Other Pesticides
		5.2.16.1 Introduction 5.2.16.2 Sample selection 5.2.16.3 Testing 5.2.16.4 Follow-up
	5.2.17 Chlorine
		5.2.17.1 Introduction 5.2.17.2 Sample selection and testing 5.2.17.3 Follow-up
	5.2.18 Polyhalogenated hydrocarbons
		5.2.18.1 Introduction 5.2.18.2 Sample selection 5.2.18.3 Testing 5.2.18.4 Follow-up
	5.2.19 Heavy metals
		5.2.19.1 Introduction 5.2.19.2 Sample selection 5.2.19.3 Testing 5.2.19.4 Follow-up
	5.2.20 Hydraulic fluid
		5.2.20.1 Introduction 5.2.20.2 Assessment 5.2.20.3 Follow-up
5.3 MICROBIAL RESIDUES
	5.3.1 Introduction 5.3.2 Ready to Eat Products (M200, M203)
		5.3.2.1 Introduction 5.3.2.2 Sample selection 5.3.2.3 Testing 5.3.2.4 Follow-up
	5.3.3 Domestic Raw Ground Beef (M201)
		5.3.3.1 Introduction 5.3.3.2 Sample selection 5.3.3.3 Testing 5.3.3.4 Follow-up
	5.3.4 Aerobic Colony Count (ACC)
		5.3.4.1 Description 5.3.4.2 Follow-up
	5.3.5 Campylobacter coli and jejuni
		5.3.5.1 Description 5.3.5.2 Occurrence 5.3.5.3 Concern 5.3.5.4 Program 5.3.5.5 Sampling
	5.3.6 Clostridium perfringens
		5.3.6.1 Description 5.3.6.2 Occurrence 5.3.6.3 Concern 5.3.6.4 Program 5.3.6.5 Sampling
	5.3.7 Generic E. coli
		5.3.7.1 Introduction 5.3.7.2 Testing 5.3.7.3 Follow-up
	5.3.8 Verotoxigenic E. coli
		5.3.8.1 Description 5.3.8.2 Occurrence 5.3.8.3 Concern 5.3.8.4 Program 5.3.8.5 Sampling
	5.3.9 Salmonella
		5.3.9.1 Description 5.3.9.2 Occurrence 5.3.9.3 Concern 5.3.9.4 Program 5.3.9.5 Sampling
	5.3.10 Yersinia enterocolitica
		5.3.10.1 Description 5.3.10.2 Occurrence 5.3.10.3 Concern 5.3.10.4 Program 5.3.10.5 Sampling
	5.3.11 Listeria
		5.3.11.1 Description 5.3.11.2 Occurrence 5.3.11.3 Concern 5.3.11.4 Program 5.3.11.5 Listeria environmental monitoring (M205) 5.3.11.6 Listeria product testing
	5.3.12 Staphylococcus aureus
		5.3.12.1 Introduction 5.3.12.2 Sample selection 5.3.12.3 Testing 5.3.12.4 Follow-up
	5.3.13 Mycobacterium bovis
		5.3.13.1 Introduction 5.3.13.2 Sample selection 5.3.13.3 Testing 5.3.13.4 Follow-up
	5.3.14 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
		5.3.14.1 Introduction 5.3.14.2 Sample selection 5.3.14.3 Follow-up
	5.3.15 Chronic Wasting Disease
		5.3.15.1 Introduction 5.3.15.2 Sample selection 5.3.15.3 Testing 5.3.15.4 Follow-up
	5.3.16 Scrapie
		5.3.16.1 Introduction 5.3.16.2 Sample selection 5.3.16.3 Testing 5.3.16.4 Follow-up
	5.3.17 Diseases of Animal Health Significance
5.4 PARASITES
	5.4.1 Cysticercosis
		5.4.1.1 Introduction 5.4.1.2 Sample selection 5.4.1.3 Testing 5.4.1.4 Follow-up
	5.4.2 Trichinella
		5.4.2.1 Description 5.4.2.2 Occurrence 5.4.2.3 Concern 5.4.2.4 Program and Sampling 5.4.2.5 Control Program - Monitoring 5.4.2.6 Surveillance (Screening) Programs 5.4.2.7 Testing
5.5 HISTOPATHOLOGY
	5.5.1 Introduction 5.5.2 Sample selection 5.5.3 Testing 5.5.4 Follow-up
5.6 COMPOSITIONAL AND PROCESS TESTING
	5.6.1 Introduction 5.6.2 Nitrates/nitrites
		5.6.2.1 Introduction 5.6.2.2 Sample selection 5.6.2.3 Follow-up
	5.6.3 Protein
		5.6.3.1 Introduction 5.6.3.2 Sample selection 5.6.3.3 Follow-up
	5.6.4 Mechanically Separated Meat
		5.6.4.1 Introduction 5.6.4.2 Sample selection 5.6.4.3 Follow-up
	5.6.5 Species Verification
		5.6.5.1 Introduction 5.6.5.2 Sample selection 5.6.5.3 Testing 5.6.5.4 Follow-up
	5.6.6 Irradiation
		5.6.6.1 Introduction 5.6.6.2 Sample Selection 5.6.6.3 Testing 5.6.6.4 Follow-up
	5.6.7 Can integrity - Imported (M206)
		5.6.7.1 Introduction 5.6.7.2 Sample selection 5.6.7.3 Testing 5.6.7.4 Follow-up
5.7 SAMPLE SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
	5.7.1 Laboratory Sample Tracking System (LSTS)
		5.7.1.1 Sample Submission Form generator (LSTS/SSF) 5.7.1.2 Reports of Analysis 5.7.1.3 Submission Status Inquiry 5.7.1.4 Personal Email Notification Manager (PENMan)
	5.7.2 Recording of livestock identification 5.7.3 Samples for chemical residue analysis
		5.7.3.1 Collection and preservation 5.7.3.2 Documentation 5.7.3.3 Submission
	5.7.4 Samples for antibiotic confirmation
		5.7.4.1 Collection and preservation 5.7.4.2 Documentation 5.7.4.3 Submission
	5.7.5 Samples for compositional analysis
		5.7.5.1 Collection and preservation 5.7.5.2 Documentation 5.7.5.3 Submission
	5.7.6 Samples for microbiological analysis
		5.7.6.1 Collection and Preservation 5.7.6.2 Documentation 5.7.6.3 Submission 5.7.6.4 Acceptance criteria – CFIA food laboratories
	5.7.7 Samples for BSE
		5.7.7.1 Collection and preservation 5.7.7.2 Documentation 5.7.7.3 Submission
	5.7.8 Samples for Scrapie
		5.7.8.1 Collection and preservation 5.7.8.2 Documentation 5.7.8.3 Submission
	5.7.9 Samples for histopathology
		5.7.9.1 Collection and preservation 5.7.9.2 Documentation 5.7.9.3 Submission
5.8 FORMS
	5.8.1 Specimen Identification Label
5.9 RESIDUE, ANTI-MICROBIAL AND MICRO-ORGANISMS SYSTEM (RAMS)
	5.9.1 Introduction 5.9.2 Notification 5.9.3 Logging on 5.9.4 Trace back 5.9.5 Reassigning 5.9.6 Animal information 5.9.7 Owner information
5.10 REFERENCES ANNEXES
	Annex A Submission Form - Cost Recovered Antibiotic Confirmation Annex B Example of clenbuterol residue violation letter Annex C Listeria In-depth audit form Annex D Instructions for the use of the Tuberculosis Submission Kit Annex E Collecting and Shipping Tissues from Animals at High Risk for Tuberculosis Annex F Media & Material Orders Annex G Directory of CFIA Laboratories

Suggestions for changes or corrections to this chapter should be directed in writing to:

Dr. H. Scrimgeour
National Lead, Chemical Residues Working Group
Guelph Area Office
174 Stone Rd. W.
Guelph, Ontario N1G 4S9

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Chapter 5 - Sampling and Testing

TABLE OF CONTENTS

5.1 TYPES OF TESTING

5.2 CHEMICAL RESIDUES

5.3 MICROBIAL RESIDUES

5.4 PARASITES

5.5 HISTOPATHOLOGY

5.6 COMPOSITIONAL AND PROCESS TESTING

5.7 SAMPLE SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

5.8 FORMS

5.9 RESIDUE, ANTI-MICROBIAL AND MICRO-ORGANISMS SYSTEM (RAMS)

5.10 REFERENCES

ANNEXES