EU Reg (EEC) 2377/90 — MRL framework for veterinary drugs in foodstuffs of animal origin

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 lays down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits (MRLs) of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin. It applies to "pharmacologically active substances which are used in veterinary medicinal products in respect of all the various foodstuffs of animal origin, including meat". Substances are classified into four annexes:

• Annex I (Article 2): the list of pharmacologically active substances for which MRLs have been established.
• Annex II (Article 3): substances for which it is not necessary for the protection of public health to establish an MRL.
• Annex III (Article 4): a provisional maximum residue limit may be established for a pharmacologically active substance on the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
• Annex IV (Article 5): substances for which an MRL cannot be established because residues at whatever limit would be a public health risk; the administration of Annex IV substances to food-producing animals is prohibited throughout the Community.

Note: pet food / companion animals are not the primary scope (the regulation targets food-producing animals); its relevance to pet food is indirect (e.g., species-slaughter/by-product controls). The detailed substance lists live in the Commission register, not this base regulation.

Source: pdf-raw/vet-drug-mrl/eu_2377_90.html (EUR-Lex Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, first-hand).

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

• Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products i
• The list of pharmacologically active substances used in veterinary medicinal products in respect of which maximum residue limits have been established shall be contained in Annex I
• it is not necessary for the protection of public health to establish a maximum residue limit, that substance shall be included in a list in Annex II
• A provisional maximum residue limit may be established for a pharmacologically active substance used in veterinary medicinal products on the date of entry into force of this Regulation
• the administration of the substances listed in Annex IV to food-producing animals shall be prohibited throughout the Community
• pharmacologically active substances which are used in veterinary medicinal products in respect of all the various foodstuffs of animal origin, including meat