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Proactive Disclosure
Proposal for Oxytetracycline
More specifically, the Veterinary Drugs Directorate is proposing to establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in Table III to Division 15, Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations for Oxytetracycline in edible tissues of food producing animals, eggs and honey as indicated in the following table.
Column I
Common Name (or Brand Name of Drug) |
Column II
Name of Substance for the Drug Analysis Purpose |
Column III
MRL / PPM |
Column IV
Foods |
| Oxytetracycline |
Oxytetracycline |
0.2 |
Muscle of cattle, swine, sheep, salmonids, lobster, chickens and turkeys |
| |
|
0.3 |
Honey |
| 0.4 |
Eggs |
| 0.6 |
Liver of cattle, swine, sheep, chickens and turkeys |
| 1.2 |
Kidney of cattle, swine, sheep, chickens and turkeys; fat of cattle, sheep; skin and fat of swine, chickens and turkeys |