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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CARBADOX
Chemical names: METHYL-3-(2-QUINOXALINYL-METHYLENE)CARBAZATE-N1,N4-DIOXIDE
Synonyms: MECADOX; FORTIGRO; GS-6244; NUTRITON; GETROXEL
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (GROWTH PROMOTER)
Latest evaluation: 2003
ADI: NO ADI ALLOCATED
Comments/MRLs: MRLs withddrawn because the Committee could not determine the amounts of residues of carbadox and its metabolites in food that represented an acceptable risk to consumers.
Report: TRS 918-JECFA 60/33
Residues: FNP 41/15-JECFA 60/1
Tox monograph: FAS 51-JECFA 60/49
Previous status: 1990, TRS 799-JECFA 36/45, FNP 41/3-JECFA 36/19, FAS 27-JECFA 36/141. ACCEPTABLE. LIMITED ACCEPTANCE OF RESIDUES; MRLs (in mg/kg): SWINE LIVER: 0.03; SWINE MUSCLE: 0.005 (RESIDUES BASED ON THE LEVELS OF, AND EXPRESSED AS, QUINOXALINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID).
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Carbadox (ICSC)
       Carbadox (JECFA Food Additives Series 51)
       Carbadox (WHO Food Additives Series 27)