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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

SULFADIMIDINE
Chemical names: 4-AMINO-N-(4,6-DIMETHYL-2-PYRIMYDYL) SULFANILAMIDE
Synonyms: SULFAMIDINE; SULFAMETHAZINE
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT)
Latest evaluation: 1994
ADI: 0-0.05 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: MRLs: Muscle, liver, kidney and fat (cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry): 0.1 (expressed as parent drug, in mg/kg); Milk (cattle): 0.025 (expressed as parent drug, in mg/l); Eggs: no MRL allocated (should not be used in laying hens)
Report: TRS 851-JECFA 42/25
Residues: FNP 41/2-JECFA 34/66 (1989)
Tox monograph: FAS 33-JECFA 42/91
Previous status: 1991, TRS 815-JECFA 38/36. 0-0.004 (TEMPORARY). TE. TMRL
1989, TRS 788-JECFA 34/32, FAS 25-JECFA 34/79. 0-0.004 (TEMPORARY) (MRLs: MEAT, LIVER, KIDNEY AND FAT: 0.3 MG/KG AS TOTAL RESIDUE; 0.1 MG/KG AS SULFADIMIDINE; MILK: 0.05 MG/KG AS TOTAL RESIDUE; 0.025 MG/KG AS SULFADIMIDINE). TE. TMRL
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Sulfadimidine (WHO Food Additives Series 25)
       Sulfadimidine (WHO Food Additives Series 33)