State General Laboratory Annual Report 2019

27 State General laboratory Annual Report 2019  Contribution to the rejection of samples from either tap water or bottled water of the market for complaints of odor, taste and colour or suspended particles and soil  Contribution to the proper operation of water refineries by identifying samples of drinking water in which the concentration of aluminum (a metal used as a flocculant in refineries) was higher than the legal limit  Contribution to the appropriate labelling of Natural Mineral Water with a concentration of Boron above the limit of the Codex Alimentarious for Natural Mineral Waters, by sending to the competent authority suggestions, based on the scientific opinion of EFSA on the relationship between the safety of natural mineral water consumption regarding the daily consumption  Study of the Nicosia waterboard network in its entirety for its compliance with the legislative limits of trihalomethane residues (THMs) (water organic chlorination multi-products)  Contribution to the investigation of the sea pollution by water flow from a canal in an area of Larnaca  Response to a request from the Department of Public Works to investigate the geochemical background for pollution from the operation of the domestic waste treatment plant, after the demolition of the settlement of Verengaria in Kato Polemidia  Scientific support to the Police as regards the management of serious and major cases involving drugs  Scientific support to the Police as regards investigation of nine murder cases  Response to 167 incidents of hospitals’ Emergency and Intensive Care Departments  Scientific support to a request from the Department of Public Works to check 10 samples from a demolished settlement for asbestos fibers presence E. Continuous contribution to tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), with the intensive control of products of animal origin for antibiotics residues. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Distribution of non-compliant samples of animal product origin for Antibiotics over the years 2010-2019 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2018 2017 % Analysed samples Aminoglucosides (meat/milk) Macrolides (meat/milk) Penicillines (meat/milk) Tetracyclines (meat/milk) Tetracyclines (honey) Sulphonamides (honey) Sulphonamides (meat/milk) Distribution of non-compliant samples of animal product origin for antibiotics over the years 2010-2019