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Chemical residues and contaminants
Queensland has a reputation for high-quality, clean and healthy food production. To safeguard this reputation, we regulate the use of pesticides and veterinary medicines. We also monitor agricultural inputs, such as fertilisers and animal feeds, plant and animal produce for compliance with chemical residues and contaminants standards.
Chemical residues
- Monitoring and regulating chemical residues and contaminants
- Persistent organochlorine (OC) contaminants in cattle
- Persistent organochlorine contaminants in soil
- National Organochlorine Residue Management (NORM) program
- Guard against chemical residues in stock from drought feeds
- Restrictions on feeding cannabis to livestock
- Our veterinary and chemical residue laboratories
- Hormonal Growth Promotants (HGPs)
- Producing cattle for European markets
Contaminants
- Avoid aflatoxin poisoning of livestock
- Mycotoxin poisoning of pigs
- Lead poisoning of livestock
- Copper poisoning of livestock


