Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Table 1 Target veterinary drugs and their MRL in fishery products by the Food Code

From: Risk-based approach to develop a national residue program: prioritizing the residue control of veterinary drugs in fishery products

Class	Compound	MRL (mg/kg)
Amphenicols	Florfenicol	0.2^b
	Florfenicol amine	0.2^b
	Thiamphenicol	0.05
Cephalosporins	Cefalexin	0.2
	Ceftiofur	n.a.^a
	Desfuroyl Ceftiofur	n.a.
Quinolones	Ciprofloxacin	0.1^b
	Difloxacin	0.3
	Enrofloxacin	0.1^b
	Flumequine	0.5
	Nalidixic acid	0.03
	Norfloxacin	n.a.
	Ofloxacin	n.a.
	Oxolinic acid	0.1
	Pefloxacin	n.a.
Macrolides	Clindamycin	0.1
	Erythromycin	0.2
	Josamycin	0.05
	Kitasamycin	0.2
	Lincomycin	0.1
	Spiramycin	0.2
Penicillins	Amoxicillin	0.05
Penicillins	Ampicillin	0.05
Pleuromutilins	Tiamulin	0.1
Sulfonamides^c	Sulfachlorpyrazine	0.1
	Sulfachlorpyridazine	0.1
	Sulfadiazine	0.1
	Sulfadimethoxine	0.1
	Sulfadoxine	0.1
	Sulfaguanidine	0.1
	Sulfamerazine	0.1
	Sulfamethazine	0.1
	Sulfamethoxazole	0.1
	Sulfamethoxypyridazine	0.1
	Sulfamonomethoxine	0.1
	Sulfaphenazole	0.1
	Sulfaquinoxaline	0.1
	Sulfathiazole	0.1
	Sulfisoxazole	0.1
	Trimethoprim	0.05
Tetracyclines	Chlortetracycline	0.2^b
	Doxycycline	0.05
	Oxytetracycline	0.2^b
	Tetracycline	0.2^b
Others	Ormethoprim	0.1
Others	Praziquantel	0.02

^aNon-applicable
^bMRL is given for the sum of the parent drug and its metabolite or epimer
^cMRL is given for the sum of sulfonamides

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