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This volume contains monographs prepared at the sixty-sixth meeting of the Toxicological evaluation of

JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Rome, WHO FOOD
Italy, from 22 to 28 February 2006. ADDITIVES certain veterinary drug
SERIES: 57
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize data on the residues in food
veterinary drug residues that were evaluated toxicologically by the Committee: the
antimicrobial agents colistin and erythromycin. For the third antimicrobial agent,
Prepared by the

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food

tylosin, a toxicological monograph has not been prepared. No data were submitted,
Sixty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO
and a brief review of the toxicological information available in the scientific peer-
Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
reviewed literature did not allow an evaluation of the compound.

This volume and others in the WHO Food Additives Series contain
information that is useful to those who produce and use food additives and veterinary
drugs and those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food
regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories, and
universities.

IPCS
57
International Programme on Chemical Safety
World Health Organization, Geneva
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This volume contains monographs prepared at the sixty-sixth meeting of the Toxicological evaluation of

JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Rome, WHO FOOD
Italy, from 22 to 28 February 2006. ADDITIVES certain veterinary drug
SERIES: 57
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize data on the residues in food
veterinary drug residues that were evaluated toxicologically by the Committee: the
antimicrobial agents colistin and erythromycin. For the third antimicrobial agent,
Prepared by the

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food

tylosin, a toxicological monograph has not been prepared. No data were submitted,
Sixty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO
and a brief review of the toxicological information available in the scientific peer-
Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
reviewed literature did not allow an evaluation of the compound.

This volume and others in the WHO Food Additives Series contain
information that is useful to those who produce and use food additives and veterinary
drugs and those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food
regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories, and
universities.

IPCS
57
International Programme on Chemical Safety
World Health Organization, Geneva