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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456287503321

Titolo

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by the Seventieth Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2009

ISBN

1-282-45628-8

9786612456282

92-4-068427-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

WHO food additives series, , 0300-0923 ; ; 61

Disciplina

363.192

615.9

Soggetti

Food additives

Veterinary drug residues

Food contamination

Antibiotics in veterinary medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"IPCS--International Programme on Chemical Safety."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; RESIDUES OF VETERINARY DRUGS; AVILAMYCIN; MALACHITE GREEN; MELENGESTROL ACETATE (addendum); MONENSIN; NARASIN; TYLOSIN; ANNEXES; ANNEX 1: REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RESULTING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS OF THE JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES; ANNEX 2: ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE MONOGRAPHS; ANNEX 3: JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES; ANNEX 4: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COMPOUNDS ON THE AGENDA AND FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED; BACK COVER

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains monographs prepared at the seventieth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Geneva, Switzerland, from 21 to 29 October 2008.The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize data on the veterinary drug residues that were evaluated toxicologically by the Committee: the antimicrobial agents avilmycin and tylosin, the



antimicrobial agent and containment malachite green, the production aid melengestrol acetate, and the antimicrobial agents and production aids monesin and narasin.This volume and others in the WHO Food Additive