Regulation No. R. 44 of 1998

Government Gazette

Vol. 403, No. 19672, 15 January 1999

Regulation Gazette, No. 6406

No. R. R.44

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

FOODSTUFFS, COSMETICS AND DISINFECTANTS ACT, 1972 (ACT No. 54 OF 1972)

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE AND STOCK REMEDY RESIDUES THAT MAY BE PRESENT IN FOODSTUFFS: AMENDMENT

The Minister of Health intends, in terms of section 15 (1) of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), to make the regulations in the Schedule.

Interested persons are invited to submit any substantiated comments or representations on the proposed regulations to the Director-General of Health, Private Bag X828, Pretoria, 0001 (for the attention of the Director: Food Control), within three months of the date of publication of this notice.

SCHEDULE

In these regulations "the Regulations" means the regulations published under Government Notice No. R. 1809 of 3 July 1992, as amended by Government Notice No. R. 2376 of 28 August 1992.

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Regulations

Regulation 2 of the Regulations is hereby amended by—

the substitution in paragraph (a) for the expression "column II" of the expression "column III"; and

the substitution in paragraph (a) for the expression "column III" of the expression "column IV".

Substitution of the Annex to the Regulations

The following Annex is hereby substituted for the Annex to the Regulations:

ANNEX
I Substance	II Species	III Foodstuff	IV Maximum residue limit ("MRL") mg/kg	V Definition of residues on which MRL was set
Albendazole..............	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, milk and muscle Kidney and liver .................	0.1 5.0	2 -Aminosul- phonemetabolite
Altrenogest...............	Pigs...............	Kidney............... Liver	0.01 0.02
Amoxicillin................	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle................................. Milk ...................................	0.05 0.004
Ampicillin..................	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle................................. Milk ...................................	0.05 0.004
Apramycin................	Poultry........................	Fat...................................... liver..................................... muscle................................. Skin ...................................	0.15 0.42 0.07 0.20
Azaperone................	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, liver and muscle............ Kidney................................	0.05 0.1
Benzylpenicillin..........	Cattle and pigs............	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle.................................	0.05	Benzylpenicillin
Benzylpenicillin..........	Cattle..........................	Milk ...................................	0.004	Benzylpenicillin
Carazolol..................	All food-producing species ......................	Fat and muscle..................... kidney and liver....................	0.005 0.03	Carazolol
Carbadox.................	Pigs............................	Liver................................... Muscle................................	0.03 0.005	Quinoxaline-2- carboxylic acid
Chloramphenicol.......	All food-producing species ......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle.................................	0.01
Closantel..................	Sheep.........................	Fat Kidney Liver and muscle..................	2.0 5.0 1.5	Closantel
Closantel..................	Cattle..........................	Kidney and fat..................... Muscle and liver...................	3.0 1.0	Closantel
Cloxacillin.................	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle................................. Milk....................................	0.3 0.03
Donafloxacin............	Poultry.........................	Muscle and liver Skin....................................	0.05 0.01	Donafloxacin
Donafloxacin............	Cattle..........................	Fat...................................... Kidney................................ Liver.................................... Muscle................................	0.01 0.03 0.12 0.05	Donafloxacin
Dapsone..................	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, liver milk and muscle.................................	0.025
Dicloxacillin.............	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle................................. Milk....................................	0.3 0.03
Dimetridazole..........	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle.................................	0.01
Diminazene..............	Cattle..........................	Kidney................................ Liver................................... Milk.................................... Muscle................................	6.0 12.0 0.15 0.5	Diminazene
Doramectin............. * Do not use muscle from injection sites	Cattle..........................	Fat...................................... Kidney................................ Liver.................................... Muscle................................	0.15⁽¹⁾ 0.03 0.1 0.01⁽¹⁾	Doramectin
Enrofloxacin............	Poultry........................	Liver and muscle.................. Skin.....................................	0.05 0.12
Febantel.................	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, milk and muscle................................. Liver....................................	0.01 1.0
Fenbendazole..........	All food-producing species .......................	Fat, kidney, milk and muscle................................. Liver....................................	0.01 0.1
Fluazuron................	Cattle..........................	Fat...................................... Kidney................................ Liver.................................... Muscle................................	2.4 0.08 0.18 7.0
Flubendazole..........	Pigs............................	Liver and muscle..................	0.01	Flubendazole
Flubendazole..........	Poultry........................	Eggs.................................... Liver.................................... Muscle................................	0.4 0.5 0.2	Flubendazole
Isometamidium........	Cattle. .......................	Fat, milk and muscle............ Kidney................................ Liver...................................	0.1 1.0 0.5	Isometamidium
Ivemmectin.............	Cattle.........................	Fat ..................................... Liver...................................	0.04 0.1	22,23-Dihydro-avermectin B₁a (H₂B₁a )
Ivemmectin.............	Pigs and sheep............	Fat...................................... Liver....................................	0.02 0.015	22,23-Dihydro-avermectin B₁a (H₂B₁a )
Levamisole.............	Cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry........................	Fat, kidney and muscle........ Liver...................................	0.01 0.1	Levamisole
Levamisole.............	Cattle..........................	Milk.....................................	0.01	Levamisole
Monensin...............	All food-producing species........................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle.................................	0.05
Moxidectin.............	Cattle..........................	Fat...................................... Liver................................... Muscle................................ Kidney.................................	0.5 0.1 0.02 0.05	Moxidectin
Moxidectin.............	Sheep.........................	Fat...................................... Kidney................................ Liver.................................... Muscle.................................	0.5 0.05 0.1 0.05	Moxidectin
Netobimin..............	All food-producing species.......................	Fat, milk and muscle............ Kidney and liver..................	0.1 5.0	Albendazole and its metabolites
Nitrofurans............. (All substances belonging to the nitrofuran group)	All food-producing species.......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle.................................	0.005	The combined total residues of all substances within this groupshall not exceed 0.005
Oxacillin.................	All food-producing species.......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle................................. Milk....................................	0.3 0.03
Oxfendazole...........	All food-producing species........................	Fat, kidney, milk and muscle................................. Liver....................................	0.01 1.0
Ractopamine..........	Pigs............................	Fat...................................... Kidney................................ Liver................................... Muscle................................	0.021 0.655 0.424 0.024
Ronidazole.............	All food-producing species........................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle.................................	0.002
Spiramycin.............	Cattle........................	Fat and kidney................... Milk................................... Muscle............................... Liver...................................	0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6	Sum of spiramycin and neospiramycin
	Pigs...........................	Kidney.............................. Liver................................. Muscle...............................	0.3 0.6 0.2
	Chickens...................	Fat..................................... Kidney............................... Liver.................................. Muscle................................	0.3 0.8 0.6 0.2
Sulphadimidine.......	All food-producing species.......................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle............................... Milk....................................	0.1 0.025	Sulphadimidine
Sulphonamides....... (All substances belonging to the sulphonamide group)	All food-producing species.......................	Fat, kidney, liver, milk and muscle.................................	0.1	The combined total residues of all substances within the sulphonamide group shall not exceed 0.1
Tetracyclines.......... (All substances belonging to the tetracycline group)	All food-producing species.......................	Fat..................................... Kidney............................... Liver ................................. Milk and muscle..................	0.01 0.6 0.3 0.1	The combined total residues of all substances within the tetracycline group shall not exceed the limits indicated
	Poultry........................	Eggs....................................	0.2
	Fish............................	Muscle................................	0.1⁽²⁾
Thiabendazole........	Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep.........................	Fat, kidney, liver and muscle................................	0.1	Sum of thiabendazole and 5-hydroxythiabendazole
Thiabendazole........	Cattle and goats.........	Milk...................................	0.1	Sum of thiabendazole and 5-hydroxythiabendazole
Timeline.................	Pigs............................	Fat..................................... Liver.................................. Muscle................................	0.47 0.48 0.05
Timeline.................	Poultry.......................	Fat and muscle................... Liver...................................	0.05 0.26
Tilmicosin...............	All food-producing species.......................	Fat and muscle................... Kidney............................... Liver...................................	0.05 0.14 6.0
Trenbolone acetate..	Cattles........................	Liver...................................	0.01	a-Trenbolone
Trenbolone acetate..	Cattles........................	Muscle................................	0.002	b-Trenbolone
Triclabendazole.......	Cattle.........................	Fat..................................... Kidney and liver.................. Muscle................................	0.1 0.3 0.2	Expressed as 5-chloro-6- (2',3'-dichlorophenoxy)- benzimidazole-2-one
Triclabendazole.......	Sheep.........................	Fat, kidney liver and muscle.................................	0.1
Trimethoprim..........	All food-producing species.......................	Fat, kidney, liver, milk and muscle.................................	0.05
Zeranol...................	Cattle.........................	Liver................................... Muscle................................	0.01 0.002	Zeranol
Zilpaterol................	Cattle.........................	Fat..................................... Kidney............................... Liver.................................. Muscle................................	0.0003 0.014 0.022 0.0012

High concentration residue at the injection site over a period of 35 days after subcutaneous or intramuscular administration of the drug at the recommended dose.
For oxytetracycline only.

N. C. DLAMINI ZUMA
Minister of Health