The Cabinet, realising the danger of the use of nitrofuran by chicken breeders as a growth-promoter, decided to ban its use on August 21 1996.
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Drugs found in the tests include Nitrofurans, and chloramphenicol, both banned by the EU due to their alleged health risk to humans . ( cb-rac)
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During the 1940s and 1950s, he conducted research on cancer and was the first to use the nitrofuran agent Furacilin and thioTEPA as chemotherapy in the Soviet Union.
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CHICKEN is probably the country's safest meat as it is mostly free from the cancer-causing nitrofuran antibiotic, Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng announced yesterday.
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Officials are awaiting results of a second batch of tests for the substance nitrofuran, which was banned in the European Union in 1994 and last year in the United States.
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Officials are awaiting results of a second set of tests for the substance nitrofuran, which was banned in the European Union in 1994 and last year in the United States.
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Scientists believe that nitrofuran, used by farmers to make animals grow faster and keep them infection-free, can leave meat with residues that can cause cancer in humans.
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He urged chicken sellers with information about poultry suppliers and breeders using nitrofuran to co-operate with the ministry and the Department of Veterinary Services in the interest of the public.
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"' Nifuroxazide "'( INN ) is an oral nitrofuran antibiotic, patented since 1966 and used to treat colitis and diarrhea in humans and non-humans.
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Nitrofuran was banned following a Cabinet decision on Aug 21, 1996, after it was found that long-term consumption of it causes cancer of the lungs, breast and skin.
