RICHMOND – A recently released Food and Drug Administration annual report on milk drug residue says milk produced in the United States is free of animal drug residues.
In February the FDA released its annual National Milk Drug Residue Data analysis of animal drug residue tests in milk for Oct. 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2012.
All 50 states and Puerto Rico submitted data for the analysis. The samples came from raw milk taken at the farm, bulk milk pickup tankers, pasteurized fluid milk and pasteurized packaged products, along with other random tests throughout the supply chain.
Of the 3.8 million samples tested, only 828 non-processed, or raw, milk samples tested positive for animal drug residues, which is .017 percent
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