Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of Amphenicols and Metabolites in Animal-Derived Foods Using Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 1

Comparison of the MRLs for amphenicols in China, the US, and the EU.

AnalyteSpeciesTarget tissueMRL (μg/kg)
ChinaUSEU

TAPAll speciesAll tissues5050

FF (sum of FF and FFA)PorcineMuscle300200300
Skin and fat500500
Liver200025002000
Kidney500500
BovineMuscle200300200
Liver300037003000
Kidney300300
Ovine caprineMuscle200200
Liver30003000
Kidney300300
PoultryMuscle100100
Skin and fat200200
Liver25002500
Kidney750750