WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES: 57
JECF A
Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food
Prepared by the
Sixty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
57
Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food
International Programme on Chemical Safety World Health Organization, Geneva
IPCS
This volume contains monographs prepared at the sixty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Rome, Italy, from 22 to 28 February 2006.
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize data on the veterinary drug residues that were evaluated toxicologically by the Committee: the antimicrobial agents colistin and erythromycin. For the third antimicrobial agent, tylosin, a toxicological monograph has not been prepared. No data were submitted, and a brief review of the toxicological information available in the scientific peer- reviewed literature did not allow an evaluation of the compound.
This volume and others in the WHO Food Additives Series contain
information that is useful to those who produce and use food additives and veterinary drugs and those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories, and universities.
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WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES: 57
JECF A
Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food
Prepared by the
Sixty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
57
Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food
International Programme on Chemical Safety World Health Organization, Geneva
IPCS
This volume contains monographs prepared at the sixty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Rome, Italy, from 22 to 28 February 2006.
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize data on the veterinary drug residues that were evaluated toxicologically by the Committee: the antimicrobial agents colistin and erythromycin. For the third antimicrobial agent, tylosin, a toxicological monograph has not been prepared. No data were submitted, and a brief review of the toxicological information available in the scientific peer- reviewed literature did not allow an evaluation of the compound.
This volume and others in the WHO Food Additives Series contain
information that is useful to those who produce and use food additives and veterinary drugs and those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories, and universities.
55362_FAS_57 COVER 12/10/06 10:47 am Page 1