This document discusses methods for detecting antibiotic residues in milk, including microbiological, chromatographic, and immunochemical tests. It focuses on microbioogical screening tests that use bacterial strains like B. stearothermophilus to detect residues. Rapid screening kits are described that can detect several common antibiotic classes in 6 minutes or less from bulk milk tanks. Maintaining low levels of antibiotic residues in milk is important to avoid disturbing gut flora or causing resistance in humans.