WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES: 51
Recommendations on compounds on the agenda and further information required
Antimicrobial agents
Neomycin
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Acceptable daily intake: |
The ADI of 0–60 µg/kg bw (established at the forty-seventh meeting of the Committee (WHO TRS 876, 1998)) was maintained. |
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Residue definition: |
Neomycin |
Recommended maximum residue limits (MRLs)a
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Species |
Liver (µg/kg) |
Kidney (µg/kg) |
Milk (µg/kg) |
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Cattle |
500 |
10 000 |
1500 |
a The MRLs of 500 µg/kg for cattle muscle and fat and all other MRLs recommended at the forty-seventh meeting of the Committee (WHO TRS 876, 1998) were maintained.
Flumequine
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Acceptable daily intake: |
The ADI established at the forty-eighth meeting of the Committee (WHO TRS 879, 1998) was withdrawn. |
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Residue definition: |
The MRLs for cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens and trout established at previous meetings (WHO TRS 879, 1998; WHO TRS 900, 2001) were withdrawn. |
Antiprotozoal agent
Imidocarb
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Acceptable daily intake: |
0–10 mg/kg bw (established at the fiftieth meeting of the Committee (WHO TRS 888, 1999)) |
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Residue definition: |
Imidocarb free base |
Recommended maximum residue limits (MRLs)
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Species |
Fat (µg/kg) |
Kidney (µg/kg) |
Liver (µg/kg) |
Milk (µg/kg) |
Muscle (µg/kg) |
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Cattle |
50 |
2000 |
1500 |
50 |
300 |
Insecticides
Deltamethrin
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Intake considerations: |
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Pesticide Residues performed a dietary risk assessment and estimated that the theoretical intake of deltamethrin residues from pesticide use would account for 25% of the ADI, equivalent to 150 µg (FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper No. 172, 2002). The sum of the theoretical concentrations of deltamethrin residues from use as a veterinary drug and as a pesticide use would be no more than 415 µg, equivalent to 68% of the ADI. |
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Residue definition: |
The Committee affirmed that the MRLs recommended at the fifty-second meeting (WHO TRS 893, 2000) were compatible with the ADI. |
Dicyclanil
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Acceptable daily intake: |
0–0.007 mg/kg bw (established at the fifty-fourth meeting of the Committee (WHO TRS 900, 2001)) |
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Residue definition: |
Dicyclanil |
Recommended maximum residue limits (MRLs)
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Species |
Muscle (µg/kg) |
Liver (µg/kg) |
Kidney (µg/kg) |
Fat (µg/kg) |
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Sheep |
150 |
125 |
125 |
200 |
Trichlorfon (metrifonate)
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Acceptable daily intake: |
The Committee amended the ADI for trichlorfon from |
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Residue definition: |
The Committee confirmed the MRL for cows’ milk and the guidance levels for muscle, liver, kidney and fat of cattle recommended at the fifty-fourth meeting (WHO TRS 900, 2001). |
Production aid
Carbadox
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Acceptable daily intake: |
The Committee confirmed the opinion, expressed at its thirty-sixth meeting (WHO TRS 799 1990), that an ADI could not be established. |
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Residue definition: |
The Committee decided to withdraw the MRLs of carbadox recommended at the thirty-sixth meeting (WHO TRS 799 1990). |
See Also: Toxicological Abbreviations