Abstract: Recently the occurrence of residues of veterinary medicines and other unauthorized drugs in foods of animal origin is an issue of popular concern around the world. The residues of pharmacological treatments on food-producing animals, exctreted in the manure dispersed on agricultural land, can have environmental impact and human health issues through toxic, genotoxic, and drug-resistance development implications. Benzodiazepines were prohibited in the process of breeding animals by explicit order, but it was used unscrupulously for the economic benefit. This paper introduced the determination techniques of benzodiazepines residues in animal products including chromatographic analysis and immunologic analysis.

Key words: benzodiazepines, chromatographic analysis, immunologic analysis