Results of delivery truck carry-over assessments

Summary

In 2002, amid questions over the part played by animal feed bulk delivery trucks in the BSE crisis and demands under the order of 28 February 2000 for control over drug-related carry-over up to this workstation, Tecaliman carried out a study aimed at drafting a set of technical rules for assessing the level of additive carry-over in delivery trucks.

The study was carried out in two phases and assessed carry-over levels in 10 trucks. Even if the individual assessments made in this context depend not just on the trucks, but also on their related maintenance and work practices (the results should not characterise all the trucks of a given model in use), certain general conclusions could be drawn in terms of methodology and technology.