Antibiotics Prescence in Eggs and Meat in India: What Every Consumer Should Know
In poultry farming, antibiotics are used to treat sick birds. However, problems arise when antibiotics are misused, overused or given routinely to birds as a shortcut instead of proper farm management. This results in prescence of antibiotic and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the eggs you eat.
Antibiotic menace: There are so many reports showing presence of antibiotics in the Indian poultry market:
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Findings |
Place |
Reference |
Link |
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Tetracycline antibiotics found in eggs. |
Haryana |
Journal of Food Protection – Volume 88, Issue 2, 2025 |
1 |
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Found enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, sulfamethazine and oxytetracycline antibiotics in the chicken meat. |
Chhattisgarh |
Journal Food Control, Volume 148,2023 |
2 |
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Found concerning antibiotic-use practices in poultry farming. |
Assam and Karnataka |
Journal: One Health, June 2024, Volume 18 |
3 |
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Found high levels of antibiotic-resistant E. coli in chickens raised for both meat and eggs. |
Punjab |
Study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017 |
4 |
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Detected multi-drug-resistant Salmonella in chicken and egg samples collected from poultry vendors. |
Mumbai |
Study published in Acta Scientific Microbiology, 2019 |
5 |
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Reported high levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria isolated from poultry environments. |
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab |
Centre for Science and Environment report, 2017 |
6 |
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