Synopsis
In light of growing use of veterinary drugs in animal production systems, this report provides evaluations of eight veterinary drugs found in food, including amoxicillin, ampicillin and ethion. It covers identity of substance, residues in food and metabolism studies. This document was prepared at the seventy-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which was held in Rome, Italy, from 17-26 November 2015.