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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

PORCINE SOMATOTROPINS
Chemical names: PORCINE SOMATOTROPIN
Synonyms: PORCINE GROWTH HORMONE; PGH; PORCINE SOMATOTROPHIN; pST; RECOMBINANT PORCINE SOMATOTROPIN; rpST; CL 326,061; AC 326,061; p-3895; METHIONYL PORCINE SOMATOTROPIN
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (PRODUCTION AID)
Latest evaluation: 1999
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments/MRLs: MRLs: Muscle, Liver, kidney and fat (pigs): NOT SPECIFIED. The ADI and MRLs apply to Grolene®, identified as (8-191)-porcine somatotropin; Reporcin®, identified as methionyl porcine; and Somagrepor®, identified as 1-(N2-(N-L-methionyl L-alpha-aspartyl)-L-glutamine]A6T:S11R:C183E:C191E porcine somatotropin.
Report: TRS 893-JECFA 52/74
Residues: FNP 41/12-JECFA 52/107
Tox monograph: FAS 43-JECFA 52/127
 
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