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

CLENBUTEROL
Chemical names: 4-AMINO-alpha-[(tert-BUTYLAMINO)METHYL]-3,5-DICHLOROBENZYL ALCOHOL HYDROCHLORIDE
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (ADRENOCEPTOR AGONIST)
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: 0-0.000004 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: MRLs (expressed as parent drug, in mg/kg tissue, mg/l milk): Muscle and fat (cattle and horses): 0.0002; Liver and kidney (cattle and horses): 0.0006; Milk (cattle): 0.00005
Report: TRS 876-JECFA 47/6
Residues: FNP 41/9-JECFA 47/21
Tox monograph: FAS 38-JECFA 47/3
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Clenbuterol (WHO Food Additives Series 38)