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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CHLORAMPHENICOL
Chemical names: 2,2-DICHLORO-N-[2-HYDROXY-1-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-(4-NITROPHENYL)ETHYL] ACETAMIDE
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT)
Latest evaluation: 2004
ADI: No ADI allocated
Comments/MRLs: No MRLs allocated
Report: TRS 925-JECFA 62/49
Residues: FNP 41/6-JECFA 42/1 (1994)
Tox monograph: FAS 53-JECFA 62/7
Previous status: 1994, TRS 851-JECFA 42/12, FNP 41/6-JECFA 42/1, FAS 33-JECFA 42/19. NO ADI OR MRLS ALLOCATED. NO. O
1987, TRS 763-JECFA 32/16, FNP 41-JECFA 32/1, FAS 23-JECFA 32/1. NO ADI ALLOCATED. ACCEPTABLE RESIDUE LEVEL: NOT ALLOCATED. NO. O
1968, NMRS 45/TRS 430-JECFA 12/41, NOT PREPARED, NMRS 45/TRS 430-JECFA 12/41. ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF RESIDUES IN FOOD: NONE. NO. O
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Chloramphenicol (WHO Food Additives Series 53)
       Chloramphenicol (WHO Food Additives Series 23)
       Chloramphenicol (WHO Food Additives Series 33)
       Chloramphenicol (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 50, 1990)