Maximum residue limits in poultry tissues and eggs
Published by PoultryMed - Maximum residue limits (MRLs) are set for residues measured by a valid method of analysis.
22 January 2007
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This method may measure the chemical or a derivative of the chemical and may include metabolites originating from the parent compound or other chemicals. In some cases, the nominal concentration of the parent compound is calculated from the measured concentration of a metabolite, but in other cases a derivative or metabolite is used as a measure of the residue. The residue to which the MRL applies is given for each chemical compound.
Maximum residue limit (MRL)
The maximum residue limit (MRL) is defined as the maximum concentration of a residue, resulting from the registered use of a veterinary chemical, that is recommended to be legally permitted or recognized as acceptable in or on a food, animal feed. The concentration is expressed in milligrams per kilogram of the commodity.
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Compound
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MRL (µg/kg)
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Updated: 29/11/06 |
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Muscle
|
Liver
|
Kidney
|
Skin/Fat
|
Eggs
|
Ref.
|
|
| Amprolium |
200
|
200
|
400
|
200
|
1000
|
Emea; |
|
500
|
1000
|
1000
|
8000 yolk; 4000 whole egg
|
CFR; | ||
| Arsenic |
500
|
2000
|
2000
|
2000
|
500
|
CFR; |
| Bacitracin |
500
|
500
|
500
|
500
|
500
|
CFR; |
| Ceftiofur |
A tolerance for residues of ceftiofur in edible tissue is not required
|
CFR; | ||||
| Clopidol |
5000
|
15000
|
15000
|
CFR; | ||
| Colistin |
150
|
150
|
200
|
150
|
300
|
Emea; |
| Danofloxacin |
200
|
400
|
400
|
100
|
|
Emea; Codex; |
| Deltamethrin |
30
|
50
|
50
|
500
|
30
|
Codex; |
| Decoquinate |
1000
|
2000 in other tissues
|
CFR; | |||
| Diclazuril |
500
|
3000
|
2000
|
1000
|
Codex; | |
|
500
|
3000
|
|
1000
|
|
CFR; | |
| Difloxacin |
300
|
800
|
600
|
100
|
Emea; | |
| Doxycycline |
100
|
300
|
600
|
300
|
Emea; | |
| Enrofloxacin |
100
|
200
|
300
|
100
|
Emea; | |
| Ethopabate |
500
|
1500
|
1500
|
CFR; | ||
| Erythromycin |
200
|
200
|
200
|
200
|
150
|
Emea; |
|
125
|
125
|
125
|
125
|
25
|
CFR; | |
| Florfenicol |
100
|
2500
|
750
|
200
|
|
Emea; |
| Flubendazole |
50
|
400
|
300
|
50
|
400
|
Emea; |
|
200
|
500
|
400
|
Codex; | |||
| Flumequine |
400
|
800
|
1000
|
250
|
|
Emea; |
|
500
|
500
|
3000
|
1000
|
Codex; | ||
| Gentamicin sulfate |
100
|
100
|
|
100
|
CFR; | |
| Halofuginone hydrobromide |
100
|
300
|
200
|
CFR; | ||
| Kanamycin |
100
|
600
|
2500
|
100
|
|
Emea; |
| Lasalocid |
20
|
100
|
50
|
100
|
150
|
Emea; |
|
400
|
1200 (Ck); 400 (Tk)
|
CFR; | ||||
| Levamisole |
10
|
100
|
10
|
10
|
Codex; | |
| Lincomycin |
100
|
500
|
1500
|
50
|
50
|
Emea; |
|
200
|
500
|
500
|
300 (Fat only - 100)
|
Codex; | ||
|
A tolerance for residues of lincomycin in chickens is not required.
|
CFR; | |||||
| Maduramicin ammonium |
240
|
720
|
480
|
CFR; | ||
| Monensin |
8
|
8
|
8
|
25
|
FEEDAP; | |
| A tolerance for residues of monensin in chickens, turkeys, and quail is not required. |
CFR; | |||||
| Narasin | 480 (abdominal fat) |
|
CFR; | |||
| 50 for all tissues is | FEEDAP; | |||||
| Neomycin |
500
|
500
|
5000
|
500
|
500
|
Emea; |
|
500
|
500
|
10000
|
500
|
500
|
Codex; | |
|
1200
|
3600
|
7200
|
CFR; | |||
| Nicarbazin |
200
|
200
|
200
|
200
|
Codex; | |
|
4000
|
4000
|
4000
|
4000
|
CFR; | ||
| Tetracycline/ Chlortetracycline/ Oxytetracycline |
100
|
300
|
600
|
|
200
|
Emea; |
|
200
|
600
|
1200
|
400
|
Codex; | ||
|
2000
|
6000
|
12000
|
12000
|
400
|
CFR; | |
| Penicillin | 10 in the uncooked edible tissues of turkeys | CFR; | ||||
| Piperazine |
|
|
|
|
2000
|
Emea; |
| 100 for edible tissues of poultry | CFR; | |||||
| Procaine benzylpenicillin |
50
|
50
|
50
|
Codex; | ||
| Robenidine hydrochloride | 100 in edible tissues other than skin and fat |
200
|
CFR; | |||
| Salinomycin | 5 for all relevant tissues | FEEDAP; | ||||
| Sarafloxacin |
100
|
|
10
|
|
Emea; | |
|
10
|
80
|
80
|
20
|
Codex; | ||
| Semduramicin |
130
|
400
|
CFR; | |||
| Spectinomycin |
300
|
1000
|
5000
|
500
|
200
|
Emea; |
|
500
|
2000
|
5000
|
2000
|
2000
|
Codex; | |
| Spiramycin |
200
|
400
|
300
|
Emea; | ||
|
200
|
600
|
800
|
300
|
Codex; | ||
| Streptomycin/ Dihydrostreptomycin |
500
|
500
|
1000
|
500
|
|
Emea; |
|
600
|
600
|
1000
|
600
|
Codex; | ||
| Sulphonamides |
100
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
Emea; CFR; | |
| Sodium sulfachloropyrazine monohydrate | zero - in the uncooked edible tissues of chickens | CFR; | ||||
| Tiamulin (Chicken) |
100
|
1000
|
|
100
|
1000
|
Emea; |
| Tiamulin (Turkey) |
100
|
300
|
100
|
Emea; | ||
| Tilmicosin |
75
|
1000
|
250
|
75
|
|
Emea; |
| Toltrazuril |
100
|
600
|
400
|
200
|
|
Emea; |
| Tylosin |
100
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
200
|
Emea; |
|
200
|
200
|
200
|
200
|
200
|
CFR; | |
| Virginiamycin | A tolerance for residues is not required | CFR; | ||||
| Zoalene |
3000
|
6000
|
6000
|
2000
|
CFR; | |
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