Permitted substances

Below is a list of pharmacologically active substances permitted in seafood, alongside their MRLs. These figures are adapted from Regulation 37/2010.

The 'other provisions' in the table below are those laid out according to Article 14 (7) of Regulation 470/2009.

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

Substance	Animal species	MRLs (µg/kg)	Target tissues	Other provisions
Amoxicillin	All food-producing species	50	Muscle
		50	Fat
		50	Liver
		50	Kidney
Ampicillin	All food-producing species	50	Muscle
		50	Fat
		50	Liver
		50	Kidney
Benzylpenicillin	All food-producing species	50	Muscle
		50	Fat
		50	Liver
		50	Kidney
Chlortetracycline	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		300	Liver
		600	Kidney
		200	Eggs
Cloxacillin	All food-producing species	300	Muscle
		300	Fat
		300	Liver
		300	Kidney
Colistin	All food-producing species	150	Muscle
		150	Fat
		150	Liver
		200	Kidney
		300	Eggs
Cypermethrin	Salmonidae	50	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Danofloxacin	All food-producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and poultry	100	Muscle
		50	Fat
		200	Liver
		200	Kidney
Deltamethrin	Fin fish	10	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Dicloxacillin	All food-producing species	300	Muscle
		300	Fat
		300	Liver
		300	Kidney
Difloxacin	All food-producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine and poultry	300	Muscle
		100	Fat
		800	Liver
		600	Kidney
Diflubenzuron	Salmonidae	1000	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Doxycycline	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		300	Fat
		300	Liver
		600	Kidney
Emamectin	Fin fish	100	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Enrofloxacin	All food-producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, rabbits and poultry	100	Muscle
		100	Fat
		200	Liver
		200	Kidney
Erythromycin	All food-producing species	200	Muscle
		200	Fat
		200	Liver
		200	Kidney
		150	Eggs
Florfenicol	Fin fish	1000	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
	All food producing species except fin fish, bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and poultry	100	Muscle
		200	Fat
		2000	Liver
		300	Kidney
Flumequine	Fin fish	600	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
	All food-producing animals except fin fish, bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and poultry	200	Muscle
		300	Fat
		500	Liver
		1000	Kidney
Framycetin - see: Neomycin
Gentamicin	All mammalian food-producing species and fin fish	50	Muscle	For fin fish the muscle MRL relates to "muscle and skin in natural proportions"
		50	Fat
		200	Liver
		750	Kidney
Hexaflumuron	Fin fish	500	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Isoeugenol	Fin fish	6000	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Kanamycin	All food-producing species except fin fish	100	Muscle
		100	Fat
		600	Liver
		2500	Kidney
Lincomycin	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		50	Fat
		500	Liver
		1500	Kidney
		50	Eggs
Lufenuron (RS-isomers)	Fin fish	1350	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Neomycin (including neomycin B framycetin)	All food-producing species	500	Muscle
		500	Fat
		5500	Liver
		9000	Kidney
		500	Eggs
Oxacillin	All food-producing species	300	Muscle
		300	Fat
		300	Liver
		300	Kidney
Oxolinic acid	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		50	Fat
		150	Liver
		150	Kidney
Oxytetracycline	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		300	Liver
		600	Kidney
		200	Eggs
Paromomycin	All food-producing species	500	Muscle
		1500	Liver
		1500	Kidney
Phoxim	All food-producing species except fin fish	25	Muscle
		550	Fat
		50	Liver
		30	Kidney
		60	Eggs
Sarafloxacin	Salmonidae	30	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Spectinomycin	All food-producing species except ovine	300	Muscle
		500	Fat
		2000	Liver
		5000	Kidney
Sulphonamides (all substances belonging to the sulphonamide group)	All food-producing species	100	Muscle	The combined total residues of all substances within the sulphonamide group should not exceed 100 µg/kg
		100	Fat
		100	Liver
		100	Kidney
Teflubenzuron	Salmonidae	500	Muscle and skin in natural proportions
Tetracycline	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		300	Liver
		600	Kidney
		200	Eggs
Thiamphenicol	All food-producing species	50	Muscle
		50	Fat
		50	Liver
		50	Kidney
Tilmicosin	All food-producing species	50	Muscle
		50	Fat
		1000	Liver
		1000	Kidney
Trimethoprim	All food-producing species except equidae	50	Muscle
		50	Fat
		50	Liver
		50	Kidney
Tylosin	All food-producing species	100	Muscle
		100	Fat
		100	Liver
		100	Kidney
		200	Eggs