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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN
Chemical names: PITUITARY-DERIVED BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN (ONE OF FOUR NATURAL VARIANTS)
Synonyms: bST; BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE; SOMAGREBOVE; SOMIDOBOVE; SOMETRIBOVE; SOMAVUBOVE
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (MILK PRODUCTION AID)
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments/MRLs: MRLs: Milk and edible tissues (cattle): NOT SPECIFIED; the ADI and MRLs apply to somagrebove, sometribove, somavubove, somidobove (edible tissues defined as muscle, fat, liver, kidney)
Report: TRS 888-JECFA 50/74
Residues: FNP 41/11-JECFA 50/3
Tox monograph: FAS 41-JECFA 50/125
Previous status: 1992, TRS 832-JECFA 40/40, FNP 41/5-JECFA 40/113, FAS 31-JECFA 40/149. NOT SPECIFIED; ADI AND MRLs APPLY TO SOMAGREBOVE, SOMETRIBOVE, SOMAVUBOVE, SOMIDOBOVE (EDIBLE TISSUES DEFINED AS MUSCLE, FAT, LIVER, KIDNEY). NS. MRL
 
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