Description

Product name: Olaquindox Molecular formula: C*2H*3N3O4 Cas No.:*********8 Molecular weight:**3.*5 Melting point:**9°C (dec.) Produce description: Olaquindox is an antimicrobial drug with a long history of use as a growth promoter in pigs. The commercial product is intended for use in starter and/or grower rations but not in finisher rations. It is usually administered in the feed at concentrations of *****0 mg/kg feed and may be used in pigs up to four months of age. Olaquindox was previously evaluated at the thirty-sixth Meeting of the Committee (Annex 1, reference *1), at which time the Committee was unable to establish an ADI because of uncertainty regarding the mechanism involved in the slight increase in the incidence of adrenal cortical adenomas in male mice and the genotoxic potential of olaquindox. The Committee requested information on the toxic potential of the residues. In the meantime, the Committee concluded that residues resulting from the use of olaquindox in food-producing animals under conditions of good practice in the use of veterinary drugs were temporarily acceptable.