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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ZERANOL
Chemical names: 6-(6,10-DIHYDROXYUNDECYL)-beta-RESORCYLIC ACID-alpha-LACTONE
Synonyms: alpha-ZEARALANOL; p-1496
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (XENOBIOTIC GROWTH PROMOTER)
Latest evaluation: 1987
ADI: 0-0.0005 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: Acceptable residue level: 0.01 mg/kg bovine liver, based on a level consistent with good animal husbandry practice; 0.002 mg/kg bovine muscle
Report: TRS 763-JECFA 32/26
Residues: FNP 41-JECFA 32/38
Tox monograph: FAS 23-JECFA 32/123
Previous status: 1983, TRS 696-JECFA 27/33, NOT PREPARED, NOT PREPARED. MAXIMUM TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE (MTDI) LIMITED BY GOOD HUSBANDRY PRACTICE (PROVISIONAL ACCEPTANCE)
1982, TRS 683-JECFA 26/33, NOT PREPARED, NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. O
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Zeranol (WHO Food Additives Series 23)