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Chloramphenicol in enzyme compounds
- Question
- [Please note that this question was originally submitted in Germany; both question and answer therefore refer to the German production context of Creon®.]
Hello,
We just recently learned that our 2.5-year-old son has cystic fibrosis. He had severe pneumonia in the summer and due to the strong artificial respiration the lungs were ruptured. He was therefore moved to a different hospital for ECMO therapy and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis there after waking up.
We are just at the starting point of this diagnosis. Given that I work in the food production industry and have access to the rapid alert notifications issued by the EU border checkpoints, I was horrified to see that enzyme compounds from China and India have repeatedly become suspicious with chloramphenicol.
Since chloramphenicol is an antibiotic used for pig fattening, I am wondering whether it can be contained in Creon®. This would of course be fatal for antibiotic therapies.
I will commission a lab over the next few days. However, it would be interesting to know if you have any information on this issue. - Answer
- [Please note that this question was originally submitted in Germany; both question and answer therefore refer to the German production context of Creon®.]
Hello,
I am not aware of chloramphenicol being contained in Creon®. Creon® is no food but a drug and as such subject to different kinds of controls. Please also see the manufacturer’s official answer on this. Its fourth point seems particularly important to me. My personal assessment corresponds with the company’s official answer:
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1. The product Creon® does not contain chloramphenicol.
2. No chloramphenicol is used in the production process.
3. We work directly together with butcher companies familiar to us in order to get access to the raw materials. We have a confirmation available that the existence of chloramphenicol in the pancreases we obtain can be ruled out.
4. Should chloramphenicol be added to the material in an illegal way, it would be removed during the process due to its chemical characteristics.
5. Additionally, there are several control steps on the way from the raw materials to the finished product which detect any external contamination.”
Kind regards,
Olaf Eickmeier - 22.10.2013
