ELISA Evaluation of Erythromycin Residues in Honey Samples Collected from Different Areas of Qazvin, Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks

Ali Mehrabi ¹ , Razzagh Mahmoudi ² , Nasim Biglari Khoshmaram ³ , Reza Norian ⁴ , Shaghayegh Mousavi ⁵ , Hatam Ebrahimi ⁶ , Ahad Alizadeh ⁷ , Maryam Kazemi ⁸

1 - Department of Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Professor, Medical Microbiology Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
3 - Department of Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran
4 - Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
5 - Ph.D Student in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
6 - Department of Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran
7 - Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
8 - Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2020-07-22 Accepted : 2022-01-15 Published : 2023-12-01

Keywords: Honey, Elisa, Antibiotic residues, Erythromycin, Health hazards,

Abstract :

Nowadays, antibiotic residues as a global concern pose a threat not only to public health, but also to the food industry all around the world. There have been many studies on contamination sources of bee products, which the most important of them is evaluation of honey contamination extent with various antibiotics used in colonies. Antibiotic residues have a relatively long half life and may have direct toxic effects on consumers. Considering the adverse effects of this residues, we decided to measure the residual erythromycin in different samples of honey consumes in Qazvin, Iran. The present study is a cross-sectional study which conducted in different regions of Qazvin, Iran, in 2019. 80 samples of honey were collected from different regions in Qazvin. Using semi-quantitative ELISA, honey samples were evaluated for the presence of residual erythromycin. Based on the results obtained by ELISA, residual erythromycin was detected only in 8 samples (10.66%), of which, 5 samples (6.66%) and 3 samples (4%) had between 10-120 ng g-1 erythromycin and higher than 120 ng g-1 erythromycin (higher than detection limit of kit), respectively. According to the results, more than 96 percent of our honey samples lacked any erythromycin or had erythromycin concentration lower than allowable limit. The present study demonstrated that most of the honey samples collected from different regions of Qazvin lacked erythromycin residues, but due to the importance of drug residues on community health, annual screening of produced honey for the presence of drug residues by competent authorities.

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