Permitted substances with MRLs

List of MRLs of pharmacologically active substances allowed in seafood

Adapted from Table I of European Commission Regulation 37/2010

Pharmacologically active substance(s)	Animal species	MRLs (µg/kg)	Target tissues	Other provisions(according to Article 14(7) of Regulation 470/2009)
Amoxicillin	All food-producing species	50 50 50 50	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Ampicillin	All food-producing species	50 50 50 50	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Benzylpenicillin	All food-producing species	50 50 50 50	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Chlortetracycline	All food-producing species	100 300 600 200	Muscle Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Cloxacillin	All food-producing species	300 300 300 300	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Colistin	All food-producing species	150 150 150 200 300	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Cypermethrin	Salmonidae	50	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Danofloxacin	All food-producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and poultry	100 50 200 200	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Deltamethrin	Fin fish	10	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Dicloxacillin	All food-producing species	300 300 300 300	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Difloxacin	All food-producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine and poultry	300 100 800 600	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Diflubenzuron	Salmonidae	1000	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Emamectin	Fin fish	100	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Enrofloxacin	All food-producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, rabbits and poultry	100 100 200 200	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Erythromycin	All food producing species	200 200 200 200 150	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Florfenicol	Fin fish	1000	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Flumequine	Fin fish	600	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Framycetin - see neomycin
Isoeugenol	Fin fish	6000	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Kanamycin	All food-producing species except fin fish	100 100 600 2500	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney
Lincomycin	All food-producing species	100 50 500 1500 50	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Neomycin (including framycetin)	All food-producing species	100 50 500 1500 50	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Oxacillin	All food-producing species	300 300 300 300	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Oxolinic acid	All food producing species	100 50 150 150	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Oxytetracycline	All food-producing species	100 300 600 200	Muscle Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Paromomycin	All food-producing species	500 1500 1500	Muscle Liver Kidney	*
Sarafloxacin	Salmonidae	30	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Spectinomycin	All food producing species	300 500 2000 5000	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Sulphonamides (all substances belonging to the sulphonamide group)	All food-producing species	100 100 100 100	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	* The combined total residues of all substances within the sulphonamide group should not exceed 100 µg/kg
Teflubenzuron	Salmonidae	500	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Tetracycline	All food-producing species	100 300 600 200	Muscle Liver Kidney Eggs	*
Thiamphenicol	All food producing species	50	Muscle	*
Tilmicosin	All food producing species	50 50 1000 1000	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Trimethoprim	All food producing species except equidae	50 50 50 50	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney	*
Tylosin	All food producing species	100 100 100 100 200	Muscle Fat Liver Kidney Eggs	*

*For fin fish the muscle MRL relates to 'muscle and skin in natural proportions'; MRLs for fat, liver and kidney do not apply to fin fish.

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