Chemicals such as veterinary drugs used in food production to control animal diseases and pests pose chronic and acute human health effects to consumers and constrain trade due to the presence of associated residues in edible products. Such hazards (residues) must therefore be regulated through the establishment of national or internationally acceptable regulatory standards and guidelines.
 

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Source: IAEA