Int. J. Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2015 173 Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Screening for antibiotic residues in swine and poultry tissues using the STAR test Maria Liousia Faculty of Biological Applications and Technologies, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece and Department of Microbiology, Food Microbiology Group, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece Email: maroliou@yahoo.gr Panagiota Gousia Department of Microbiology, Food Microbiology Group, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece Email: pgousia@cc.uoi.gr Vangelis Εconomou Department of Microbiology, Food Microbiology Group, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece and Department of Hygiene and Technology of Foods of Animals Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Email: boikonom@vet.auth.gr