ANNEX 4

        RECOMMENDATIONS ON COMPOUNDS ON THE AGENDA
                                                                                  

                                Acceptable Daily         Recommended
                                Intake (ADI)             Maximum Residue
    Substance                   for human beings         Level (MRL)
                                                                                  

    Anthelmintic drug
       Albendazole              0.0.05 mg per kg         Muscle, fat, and milk;
                                of body weight             0.1 mg/kg
                                                         Liver and kidney:
                                                           5 mg/kg

    Anti-protozoal agents (5-Nitroimidazoles)
       Dimetridazole            Not allocated1           No MRLs allocated1
       Ipronidazole             Not allocated1           No MRLs allocated1
       Metronidazole            Not evaluated2           No MRLs allocated2
       Ronidazole               0-0.025 mg per kg        No MRLs allocated4
                                of body weight3

    Antimicrobial sulfonamides
       Sulfadimidine5           0-0.004 mg per kg        Meat, liver, kidney,
                                of body weight3          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
       Sulfathiazole            Not allocated1           No MRLs allocated1

    Growth promoter
       Trenbolone acetate       0-0.02 µg per kg         Muscle: 2 µg per kg
                                body weight                as ß-trenbolone
                                                         Liver: 10 µg per kg
                                                           as alpha-trenbolone

    Trypanosides
       Diminazene               Not allocated1           No MRLs allocated1
       Isometadmidum            Not allocated1           No MRLs allocated1
                                                                                  

    1.   Insufficient toxicological information was available to establish
         either an ADI or MRL (see Annex 5).
    2    This substance was not evaluated because toxicological data were
         not made available to the Committee.

    3.   Temporary acceptance (see Annex 5).
    4.   Insufficient information was available to establish MRLs
         (See Annex 5).
    5.   This substance was on the agenda under the name "sulfamethazine".
         It was evaluated under the name "sulfadimidine", which is the INN
         (International Non-proprietary Names) designation for this
         compound.
 

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations