CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER E—ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS (parts 500 to 590) > PART 556—TOLERANCES FOR RESIDUES OF NEW ANIMAL DRUGS IN FOOD > SUBPART B—Specific Tolerances for Residues of New Animal Drugs (§556.34 to §556.770) > 556.570—Ractopamine.

556.570—Ractopamine.

(a) Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). The ADI for total residues of ractopamine hydrochloride is 1.25 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per day.
(b) Tolerances— (1) Cattle— The tolerance for ractopamine hydrochloride (the marker residue) is 0.09 parts per million (ppm).
(ii) Muscle. The tolerance for ractopamine hydrochloride (the marker residue) is 0.03 ppm.
(2) Swine— (i) Liver (the target tissue). The tolerance for ractopamine hydrochloride (the marker residue) is 0.15 ppm.
(ii) Muscle. The tolerance for ractopamine hydrochloride (the marker residue) is 0.05 ppm.
(3) Turkeys— (i) Liver (the target tissue). The tolerance for ractopamine (the marker residue) is 0.45 ppm.
(ii) Muscle. The tolerance for ractopamine (the marker residue) is 0.1 ppm.

Code of Federal Regulations

[68 FR 54659, Sept. 18, 2003, as amended at 73 FR 72715, Dec. 1, 2008]