Food and Drug Regulations
Version of section B.15.003 from 2008-09-05 to 2010-02-22:
B.15.003 A food named in Column IV of an item of Table III to this Division is exempt from paragraph 4(d) of the Act if the drug named in Column I, and analysed as being the substance named in Column II, of that item is present in the food in an amount not exceeding the limit, expressed in parts per million, set out in Column III of that item for that food.
SOR/78-404, s. 1; SOR/79-249, s. 1; SOR/91-255, s. 1.
TABLE I
| I | II | III | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Substance | Tolerance p.p.m. | Foods |
| 1 | Arsenic | (1) 3.5 | (1) Fish protein |
| (2) 1 | (2) Edible bone meal | ||
| (3) 0.1 | (3) Fruit juice, fruit nectar, beverages when ready-to-serve and water in sealed containers other than mineral water or spring water | ||
| 2 | Fluoride | (1) 650 | (1) Edible bone meal |
| (2) 150 | (2) Fish Protein | ||
| 3 | Lead | (1) 10 | (1) Edible bone meal |
| (2) 1.5 | (2) Tomato paste and tomato sauce | ||
| (3) 0.5 | (3) Fish protein and whole tomatoes | ||
| (4) 0.2 | (4) Fruit juice, fruit nectar, beverages when ready-to-serve and water in sealed containers other than mineral water or spring water | ||
| (5) 0.15 | (5) Evaporated milk, condensed milk and concentrated infant formula | ||
| (6) 0.08 | (6) Infant formula when ready-to-serve | ||
| 4 | Tin | (1) 250 | (1) Canned foods |
- SOR/78-404, s. 2; SOR/79-249, s. 2; SOR/86-258, s. 1; SOR/89-243, ss. 1, 2; SOR/91-149, s. 2(E); SOR/94-689, s. 2(F).
TABLE II[Repealed, SOR/2008-182, s. 3]
TABLE III
VETERINARY DRUGS
| Column I | Column II | Column III | Column IV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Common Name (or Brand Name) of Drug | Name of Substance for Drug Analysis Purposes | Maximum Residue Limit p.p.m. | Foods |
| A.01 | albendazole | albendazole-2-aminosulfone | 0.2 | Liver of cattle |
| A.1 | ampicillin | ampicillin | 0.01 | Edible tissue of swine and cattle; milk |
| A.2 | amprolium | amprolium | 0.5 | Muscle of chickens and turkeys |
| 1.0 | Liver and kidney of chickens and turkeys | |||
| 7.0 | Eggs | |||
| A.3 | apramycin | apramycin | 0.1 | Kidney of swine |
| A.4 | arsanilic acid | arsenic | 0.5 | Muscle of swine, chickens and turkeys; eggs |
| 2.0 | Liver of swine, chickens and turkeys | |||
| B.1 | buquinolate | buquinolate | 0.1 | Muscle of chickens |
| 0.4 | Liver, kidney, skin and fat of chickens | |||
| C.01 | ceftiofur | desfuroyl-ceftiofur (DFC) | 0.1 | Milk |
| 1.0 | Muscle of cattle, sheep and swine | |||
| 2.0 | Liver and fat of cattle, sheep and swine | |||
| 5.0 | Kidney of swine | |||
| 6.0 | Kidney of cattle and sheep | |||
| C.1 | cephapirin | cephapirin | 0.02 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Edible tissue of cattle | |||
| C.2 | chlortetracycline | chlortetracycline | 0.1 | Kidney, liver and muscle of cattle; muscle of sheep |
| 0.2 | Fat of swine | |||
| 0.5 | Liver of sheep | |||
| 1.0 | Muscle, liver, skin and fat of chickens and turkeys; muscle of swine; muscle and fat of calves; kidney of sheep | |||
| 2.0 | Liver of swine | |||
| 4.0 | Kidney of swine, chickens and turkeys; liver and kidney of calves | |||
| C.3 | clopidol | clopidol | 5.0 | Muscle of chickens and turkeys |
| 15.0 | Liver and kidney of chickens and turkeys | |||
| D.1 | decoquinate | decoquinate | 1.0 | Muscle of cattle, goats and chickens |
| 2.0 | Kidney, liver and fat of cattle and goats; kidney, liver, skin and fat of chickens | |||
| D.1.1 | diclazuril | diclazuril | 0.5 | Muscle of chickens and turkeys |
| 1.0 | Skin and fat of chickens and turkeys | |||
| 3.0 | Liver of chickens and turkeys | |||
| D.2 | dihydrostreptomycin | dihydrostreptomycin | 0.125 | Milk |
| D.3 | dinitolmide (zoalene) | dinitolmide, including the metabolite 3-amino-5-nitro-o-toluamide | 2.0 | Fat of chickens |
| 3.0 | Muscle of chickens and turkeys; liver and fat of turkeys | |||
| 6.0 | Liver and kidney of chickens | |||
| D.4 | doramectin | doramectin | 0.01 | Muscle of swine |
| 0.03 | Muscle of cattle | |||
| 0.035 | Liver of swine | |||
| 0.07 | Liver of cattle | |||
| E.01 | enrofloxacin | desethylene ciprofloxacin | 0.02 | Muscle of cattle |
| 0.07 | Liver of cattle | |||
| E.02 | eprinomectin | eprinomectin B1a | 0.02 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Muscle of cattle | |||
| 1.0 | Liver of cattle | |||
| E.1 | erythromycin | erythromycin | 0.05 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Edible tissue of swine | |||
| 0.125 | Edible tissue of chickens and turkeys | |||
| F.1 | fenbendazole | fenbendazole | 0.45 | Liver of cattle |
| 4.5 | Liver of swine | |||
| F.2 | florfenicol | florfenicol amine | 0.8 | Muscle of salmonids |
| 2 | Liver of cattle | |||
| F.3 | flunixin | flunixin free acid | 0.02 | Muscle of cattle |
| 0.08 | Liver of cattle | |||
| G.1 | gentamicin | gentamicin | 0.1 | Edible tissue of turkeys |
| 0.4 | Kidney of swine | |||
| H.01 | halofuginone | halofuginone | 0.1 | Liver of chicken |
| H.1 | hydrocortisone | hydrocortisone | 0.01 | Milk |
| I.1 | ivermectin | 22,23-dihydro-avermectin B1a | 0.015 | Liver of swine |
| 0.03 | Liver of sheep | |||
| 0.07 | Liver of cattle | |||
| K.1 | ketoprofen | ketoprofen | 0.05 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Muscle of swine | |||
| 0.25 | Muscle of cattle | |||
| 0.5 | Kidney of swine | |||
| 0.8 | Kidney of cattle | |||
| L.01 | lasalocid | lasalocid | 0.35 | Fat and skin of chicken |
| 0.65 | Liver of cattle | |||
| L.1 | levamisole hydrochloride | levamisole | 0.1 | Edible tissue of cattle, sheep and swine |
| (calculated as levamisol hydro-chloride) | ||||
| L.2 | lincomycin | lincomycin | 0.1 | Muscle of chickens and swine |
| 0.5 | Liver of chickens and swine | |||
| M.01 | maduramicin | maduramicin | 0.4 | Fat and skin of chicken |
| M.1 | monensin | monensin | 0.01 | Milk |
| 0.05 | Edible tissue of cattle, chickens and turkeys | |||
| M.2 | morantel tartrate | N-methyl-1,3-propane diamine | 0.1 | Milk |
| 0.5 | Liver of cattle | |||
| M.3 | moxidectin | moxidectin | 0.55 | Fat of cattle |
| N.01 | narasin | narasin | 0.05 | Muscle of chickens and swine; liver of swine |
| 0.5 | Fat of chickens | |||
| N.1 | neomycin | neomycin | 0.25 | Edible tissue of calves |
| N.2 | nicarbazin | N,N1-bis(4-nitrophenyl)urea | 4.0 | Muscle, liver, kidney and skin of chickens |
| N.3 | nitarsone | arsenic | 0.5 | Muscle of turkeys |
| 2.0 | Liver of turkeys | |||
| N.4 | novobiocin | novobiocin | 1.0 | Edible tissue of cattle, chickens and turkeys |
| O.1 | oxytetracycline | oxytetracycline | 0.2 | Muscle of cattle, chickens, lobster, salmonids, sheep, swine and turkeys |
| 0.3 | Honey | |||
| 0.4 | Eggs | |||
| 0.6 | Liver of cattle, chickens, sheep, swine and turkeys | |||
| 1.2 | Kidneys of cattle, chickens, sheep, swine and turkeys; fat of cattle and sheep; skin and fat of chicken, swine, and turkeys | |||
| P.1 | penicillin G | penicillin G | 0.01 I.U./ml | Milk |
| 0.01 | Edible tissue of turkeys | |||
| 0.05 | Edible tissue of cattle and swine | |||
| P.1.1 | pirlimycin | pirlimycin | 0.3 | Muscle of cattle |
| 0.4 | Milk | |||
| 0.5 | Liver of cattle | |||
| P.2 | polymyxin B | polymyxin B | 4.0 u/ml | Milk |
| P.3 | pyrantel tartrate | N-methyl-1,3-propane-diamine | 1.0 | Muscle of swine |
| (calculated as pyrantel tartrate) | ||||
| 10.0 | Liver and kidney of swine | |||
| (calculated as pyrantel tartrate) | ||||
| R.1 | robenidine hydro-chloride | robenidine | 0.1 | Muscle, liver and kidney of chickens |
| (calculated as robenidine hydro-chloride) | ||||
| 0.2 | Skin and fat of chickens | |||
| (calculated as robenidine hydro-chloride) | ||||
| R.2 | roxarsone | arsenic | 0.5 | Muscle of swine, chickens and turkeys; eggs |
| 2.0 | Liver of swine, chickens and turkeys | |||
| S.01 | salinomycin | salinomycin | 0.35 | Fat and skin of chicken; Liver of cattle and swine |
| S.1 | spectinomycin | spectinomycin | 0.1 | Edible tissue of chickens |
| S.2 | streptomycin | streptomycin | 0.125 | Milk |
| S.3 | sulfachlorpyridazine | sulfachlorpyridazine | 0.1 | Edible tissue of cattle and swine |
| S.3.1 | sulfadiazine | sulfadiazine | 0.1 | Muscle of salmonids |
| S.4 | sulfadimethoxine | sulfadimethoxine | 0.01 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Edible tissue of cattle | |||
| S.5 | sulfaethoxypyridazine | sulfaethoxypyridazine | 0.1 | Edible tissue of cattle |
| S.6 | sulfamethazine | sulfamethazine | 0.01 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Edible tissue of calves, cattle, chickens, swine and turkeys | |||
| S.7 | sulfathiazole | sulfathiazole | 0.1 | Edible tissue of swine |
| T.01 | teflubenzuron | teflubenzuron | 0.3 | Muscle of salmonids |
| 3.2 | Skin of salmonids | |||
| T.1 | tetracycline | tetracycline | 0.25 | Edible tissue of calves, swine, sheep, chickens and turkeys |
| T.2 | thiabendazole | thiabendazole and total 5-hydroxythiabendazole metabolites (free form, glucuronide and sulfate conjugates) | 0.05 | Milk |
| 0.1 | Edible tissue of cattle, goats and sheep | |||
| T.3 | tiamulin | 8-alpha-hydroxy-mutilin | 0.4 | Liver of swine |
| T.3.1 | tilmicosin | tilmicosin | 1.6 | Liver of cattle |
| T.3.2 | trimethoprim | trimethoprim | 0.1 | Muscle of salmonids |
| T.4 | tylosin | tylosin | 0.2 | Muscle, liver, kidney and fat of cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys |
- SOR/84-300, s. 49(E)
- SOR/91-255, s. 2
- SOR/92-591, s. 2
- SOR/2002-52, ss. 1 to 12
- SOR/2005-396, ss. 1 to 4
- SOR/2008-274, ss. 1 to 8
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