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

RACTOPAMINE
Chemical names: dl-p-alpha-[[[HYDROXYPHENYL-1-METHYLPROPYL]AMINO]METHYL]BENZENE METHANOL HYDROCHLORIDE (TWO DIASTEREOMERIC FORMS: RS,SR AND RR,SS)
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (GROWTH PROMOTER)
Latest evaluation: 2004
ADI: 0-0.001 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: MRLs (expressed as ractopamine): Muscle and fat (cattle and pigs): 0.01 mg/kg; liver (cattle and pigs): 0.04 mg/kg; kidney (cattle and pigs): 0.09 mg/kg
Report: TRS 925-JECFA 62/37
Residues: FNP 41/16-JECFA 62/75
Tox monograph: FAS 53-JECFA 62/119
Previous status: 1992, TRS 832-JECFA 40/42, FNP 41/5-JECFA 40/143, FAS 31-JECFA 40/167. NO ADI OR MRLS ALLOCATED. NO. O
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ractopamine (WHO Food Additives Series 53)
       Ractopamine (WHO Food Additives Series 31)