Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this study was to provide a reference for advancing the construction of Chinese food safety monitoring system and improving related regulations and standards, to ensure food safety while enhancing the competitiveness of Chinese poultry meat and egg products in the international market, breaking international technical trade barriers, and promoting the development of international trade in poultry products.【Method】 Firstly, this study comparatively analyzed the types of veterinary drug residues and the standards of veterinary drug maximum residue limits (MRLs) specified in poultry meat and eggs between the new national standard GB 31650-2019 National Food Safety Standards Maximum Residue Limits of Veterinary Drugs in Food and the abolished Ministry of Agriculture Announcement No.235 Maximum Residue Limits of Veterinary Drugs in Animal Food.Then compared the veterinary drug residue types and veterinary drug MRLs standards in poultry meat and eggs specified by the European Union and the United States.【Result】 The results showed that China's new national standard supplemented and modified the old standard to a certain extent, and most of the MRLs standards of poultry meat and eggs were the same or even stricter than those of the European Union and the United States, which indicated that China's veterinary drug residue standard system had entered a new stage.However, the MRLs standards of some veterinary drugs were still different from those of the European Union and the United States.There were 33 types of veterinary drugs including dicloxacillin whose MRLs standards were missing or looser than those of the European Union and the United States.【Conclusion】 In the future, China still needed to further improve the relevant standards for the limits of veterinary drug residues in poultry meat and egg products based on the production situation, the actual use of veterinary drugs, and the needed of people's consumption upgrades, so as to bring them closer to international standards and improve China's competitiveness of poultry meat and eggs in the international market, and strict monitoring of the residues of veterinary drugs in import and export products, to prevent them from affecting the health and safety of consumers and the development of international trade of poultry meat and eggs.

Key words: veterinary drug residues; poultry meat; poultry eggs; MRLs standards