Authors

Loai Aljerf and Nuha AlMasri

Published in

International Journal of Drug Safety and Discovery, 2018, 2: 1 1: 009

Abstract

Concurrent outbreaks of diseases in ruminants have currently focused attentions on the significance of animal feed and human food contamination with mycotoxins in the induction of malignant diseases and cancer. Many data indicate that even very small quantities of pesticides are carcinogenic; however, to date no data clearly show that significant levels of these formulas are reaching the consuming public through milk. We believe at this time, we need additional toxicology studies with cows, particularly dealing with the reproductive cycle, to elucidate the effects of long-term ingestion of these compounds by the newborn and the aged and 111 of the population. This paper is based solely on our opinion about the development of pesticides safety precautions in light of the American and US regulations where we noticed no conclusions are attempted on the public health significance of the published data at this time. The potential impact of this research could be advisable to the American Dairy Science Association, U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, and many national authorities in the world. Our observations have showed a progress being made on the reduction of levels (flot incidence) of pesticides of milk and milk products during the past few decades. This has been brought about through active educational and enforcement programs by federal and state regulatory agencies, together with educational efforts directed to dairymen and processors. Enforcement by prominent agencies as Federal Food and Drug Administration continues to be on a basis of administrative action levels. No finite tolerances have as yet been established for commonly occurring pesticide residues in dairy products. Therefore, this study is expected to report shortly recommendations to FDA on such enforcement policies.