HEALTHY FOOD FOR TEENAGERS PART 2: MEAT ANALYSIS FOR HORMONAL DRUGS

Abstract

Considering the widespread use of hormonal drugs in animal husbandry, the problem of their possible content in adolescents' food becomes urgent. The remains of synthetic steroid hormones that enter the human body along with meat can have a negative effect on the body that develops. The main goal of our work was to study meat from urban markets for the content of synthetic hormone residues in it. The article presents the results of the study for 2019-2020. From three organized markets in the city of Chernivtsi, 23 samples were tested for the content of hormonal drug residues. For the study of each sample, 6 standard qualitative reactions were carried out. A total of 138 tests were carried out. The results showed that, on average, over the period studied, only 22% of the meats tested were not contaminated with hormone residues. Most of the meat samples tested contained residues of synthetic hormonal drugs: 75% in 2019 and 82% in 2020. The most popular meat varieties among Bukovina adolescents (pork and chicken) contained residues of synthetic hormonal preparations in 100% and 71% of the samples, respectively. This may indicate an increase in the likelihood of eating unhealthy meat with all the negative consequences for the teenager's body. Given the small number of samples, the data obtained are preliminary and require further study.