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

SPECTINOMYCIN
Chemical names: DECAHYDRO-4a,7,9-TRIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-6,8-bis(METHYLAMINO)-4H-PYRANO[2,3- b][1,4]BENZODIOXIN-4-ONE (Also available as DIHYDROCHLORIDE AND SULFATE)
Synonyms: ACTINOSPECTACIN; TROBICIN; M-141; STANILO; SPECTAM; SPECTOGARD; TOGAMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC 153a
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT)
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: 0-0.04 mg/kg bw (1994)
Comments/MRLs: MRLs (expressed as spectinomycin, in mg/kg tissue, mg/l milk): Muscle (cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens): 0.5; Liver and Fat (cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens): 2; Kidney (cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens): 5; Fat (cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens): 2; Milk (cattle): 0.2; Eggs (chickens): 2
Report: TRS 888-JECFA 50/43
Residues: FNP 41/11-JECFA 50/119
Tox monograph: FAS 33-JECFA 42/59 (1994)
Previous status: 1994, TRS 851-JECFA 42/22, FNP 41/6-JECFA 42/63, FAS 33-JECFA 42/59. 0-0.004. MRLs (TEMPORARY) (EXPRESSED AS PARENT DRUG; MUSCLE (CATTLE, PIGS AND CHICKENS): 0.3; LIVER (CATTLE, PIGS AND CHICKENS): 2; KIDNEY (CATTLE, PIGS AND CHICKENS): 5; FAT (CATTLE, PIGS AND CHICKENS): 0.5; MILK (CATTLE): 0.2. FU. TMRL
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Spectinomycin (WHO Food Additives Series 33)