MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS (MRLs) AND RISK MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (RMRs) FOR RESIDUES OF VETERINARY DRUGS IN FOODS CXM 2-2023
Document Location: Raw Ingredients - Risk Assessment - Physical, Chemical, Microbiological
Alternate Name: CXM 2-2023
Date Document Last Updated: 2023
Publisher: Codex Alimentarius
Date Uploaded to Website: June 2, 2024
Overview
CXM 2023 provides guidelines on the maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management recommendations (MRRs) to ensure the safety of food produced from different species such as cattle, goat, pigs, horse, sheep, chicken, turkey, quail, pheasant, and fish. The document contains tables for different species with different veterinary drugs, their MRLs (µg/kg), the tissues associated with the MRLs, and the different toxicological exposure limits of the veterinary drugs. Risk management recommendations are mentioned as well for some veterinary drugs.
Following this document helps one to ensure that foods produced from the mentioned species contain levels of residue that are safe for consumption.