1 
 Draft Standards for Veterinary Drug Residue Limits in 
Foods (Amendment part)  
 
Article 2  
The veterinary drug residue limits in foods shall meet the Appendix Table 
1. Veterinary drugs not listed in the Table shall not be detected. For those 
listed veterinary drugs not permitted to be used by Ministry of Agriculture 
in the Republic of China shall only apply to the imported products. 
 
Article 3 
The maximum residue limit prescribed in Appendix Table 1 shall be the 
permissible tolerance for "marker residue". 
The term "marker residue" mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to 
the parent drug or its related metabolites or a combination of both, and its 
concentration is in a known relationship to the concentration of the total 
residue. 
The marker residues for the drugs listed in the Appendix Table 1 are set in 
the Appendix Table 2. 
 
  2 
 Appendix Table 2 
List of Marker Residue  
 
Substance  Marker Residue  
A  
Abamectin  Abamectin B1a  
Acetylisovaleryltylosin  
(or Tylvalosin)  Sum of Acetylisovaleryltylosin and 3-O-
acetyltylosin  
Albendazole  Sum of Albendazole, Albendazole sulfoxide, 
Albendazole sulfone and  Albendazole 2- 
amino sulfone, expressed as Albendazole  
Altrenogest  Altrenogest  
Amitraz Sum of Amitraz and  N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-
N'-methylformamidine (DMPF), expressed as 
Amitraz 
Amoxicillin  Amoxicillin  
Ampicillin  Ampicillin  
Amprolium  Amprolium  
Apramycin  Apramycin  
Avilamycin  Dichloroisoeverninic acid  
Arsanilic acid  Arsenic (calculated as  As) 
Azaperone  Sum of Azaperone 及 Azaperol 
B  
Bacitracin  Bacitracin A  
Benzylpenicillin and 
Procaine benzylpenicillin  Benzylpenicillin  
Betamethasone  Betamethasone  3 
 Bicozamycin  Bicozamycin  
Bovine Somatotropin 
(Recombinant)* - 
Buquinolate  Buquinolate  
Buserelin* - 
C  
Carazolol  Carazolol  
Carbadox  Sum of Carbadox, Quinoxaline-2-carboxylic 
acid and Desoxycarbadox  
Cefapirin  
(or Cephapirin)  Sum of Cephapirin and  Desacetylcephapirin  
Cefquinome  Cefquinome  
Ceftiofur Sum of Ceftiofur, Desfuroylceftiofur, and 
metabolites convertible to Desfuroylceftiofur 
by dithioerythritol, expressed as Ceftiofur  
Cefuroxime  Cefuroxime  
Cephalexin  
(or Cefalexin)  Cephalexin  
Cephalonium  
(or Cefalonium)  Cephalonium  
Chlortetracycline  Sum of Chlortetracycline and its 4-epimer  
Clopidol Clopidol 
Cloprostenol* - 
Closantel  Closantel  
Cloxacillin  Cloxacillin  
Colistin Sum of Colistin A and Colistin B  4 
 Coumaphos  
(or Coumafos)  Sum of Coumaphos and its oxygen analogue  
Cyfluthrin  Cyfluthrin  
Cyhalothrin  λ-Cyhalothrin (Lambda-cyhalothrin)  
Cyromazine  Cyromazine  
D  
Danofloxacin  Danofloxacin  
Decoquinate  Decoquinate  
Deltamethrin  Deltamethrin  
Dexamethasone  Dexamethasone  
Diaveridine  Diaveridine  
Dichlorvos  Dichlorvos  
Diclazuril  Diclazuril  
Dicloxacillin  Dicloxacillin  
Dicyclanil  Dicyclanil  
Dihydrostreptomycin  Sum of Dihydrostreptomycin and  
Streptomycin  
Diminazene  Diminazene  
Dinoprost* - 
Doramectin  Doramectin  
Doxycycline  Doxycycline  
E  
Enramycin  Enramycin  
Enrofloxacin  Sum of Enrofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin  
Eprinomectin  Eprinomectin B1a  5 
 Erythromycin  Erythromycin A  
Estradiol  
(or Oestradiol)* - 
Ethopabate  Ethopabate  
Etiproston* - 
Eugenol Eugenol 
F  
Febantel Sum of Fenbendazole, Oxfendazole and 
Oxfendazole sulphone  
Fenbendazole  Sum of Fenbendazole, Oxfendazole and 
Oxfendazole sulphone  
Flavophospholipol  
(Bambermycin, 
Flavomycin, 
Moenomycin)  Flavophospholipol A  
Florfenicol  Sum of Florfenicol and  Florfenicol amine  
Fluazuron  Fluazuron  
Flubendazole  Flubendazole  
Flumequine  Flumequine  
Flunixin Flunixin 
Fluralaner  Fluralaner  
G  
Gamithromycin  Gamithromycin  6 
 Gentamicin  Sum of Gentamicin C1, Gentamicin C1a and  
Gentamicin C2a/b  
Gonadotrophin releasing 
hormone  
(Gonadorelin)* - 
H  
Halofuginone  Halofuginone  
Halquinol  Sum of 5,7-dichloro-8-hydroxyquinoline and 
5-chloro-8-hydroxyquinoline  
Human Chorionic 
Gonadotrophin* - 
Hydrocortisone  Hydrocortisone  
I  
Imidocarb  Imidocarb  
Isometamidium  Isometamidium  
Ivermectin  Ivermectin B1a  
J  
Josamycin  Josamycin  
K  
Kanamycin  Kanamycin A  
Kitasamycin  Kitasamycin  
L  
Lasalocid  Lasalocid A  
Levamisole  Levamisole  
Lincomycin  Lincomycin  
M  7 
 Maduramicin  Maduramicin  
Mebendazole  Mebendazole  
Melengestrol acetate  Melengestrol acetate  
Metrifonate  Trichlorfon (Metrifonate)  
Monensin  Monensin A   
Morantel Morantel 
Moxidectin  Moxidectin  
N  
Narasin Narasin 
Neomycin  Neomycin B  
Nicarbazin  4,4'-dinitrocarbanilide  
Nosiheptide  Nosiheptide  
Novobiocin  Novobiocin  
O  
Oleandomycin  Oleandomycin  
Orbifloxacin  Orbifloxacin  
Ormetoprim  Ormetoprim  
Oxacillin Oxacillin 
Oxfendazole  Sum of Fenbendazole, Oxfendazole and 
Oxfendazole sulphone  
Oxibendazole  Oxibendazole  
Oxolinic acid  Oxolinic acid  
Oxytetracycline  Sum of Oxytetracycline and its 4-epimer  
Oxytocin* - 8 
 P  
Paromomycin  Paromomycin  
Phoxim Phoxim 
Piperazine  Piperazine  
Piperonyl butoxide  Piperonyl butoxide  
Praziquantel  Praziquantel  
Pregnant Mare Serum 
Gonadotrophin* - 
Prednisolone  Prednisolone  
Porcine Somatotropin* - 
Progesterone* - 
Pyrantel Pyrantel 
Pyrimethamine  Pyrimethamine  
R  
Ractopamine  Ractopamine  
Robenidine  
hydrochloride  Robenidine  
S  
Salinomycin  Salinomycin  
Sarafloxacin  Sarafloxacin  
Semduramicin  Semduramicin  
Spectinomycin  Spectinomycin  
Spiramycin  Sum of Spiramycin I and  neospiramycin I  
Streptomycin  Sum of Dihydrostreptomycin and  
Streptomycin  9 
 Sulfa drugs Sum of parent drug (all substances belonging 
to the Sulfonamide group) 
Sulfadimethoxine  Sulfadimethoxine  
Sulfamonomethoxine  Sulfamonomethoxine  
Sulpyrine (Sulpyrin 、
Dipyrone 、Metamizole)  4-Methylaminoantipyrin  
T  
Testosterone* - 
Testosterone propionate  Testosterone  
Tetracycline  Sum of Tetracycline and its  4-epimer 
Tetramisole  Tetramisole  
Thiamphenicol  Thiamphenicol  
Tiabendazole  
(or Thiabendazole)  Sum of Thiabendazole and  5-
hydroxythiabendazole  
Tiamulin Tiamulin 
Tildipirosin  Tildipirosin  
Tilmicosin  Tilmicosin  
Tolfenamic acid  Tolfenamic acid  
Toltrazuril  Sum of Toltrazuril, Toltrazuril sulphoxide and  
Toltrazuril sulphone, expressed asToltrazuril  
Trenbolone acetate  Sum of Trenbolone acetate, 17 alpha - 
trenbolone and 17 beta-trenbolone  
Tricaine 
methanesulfonate  Tricaine methanesulfonate  
Trichlorfon  
(Metrifonate)  Trichlorfon  10 
 Triclabendazole  Sum of Triclabendazole, Triclabendazole 
sulphoxide, Triclabendazole sulphone and  
Ketotriclabendazole  
Trimethoprim  Trimethoprim  
Tulathromycin  Tulathromycin A  
Tylosin Tylosin A  
V  
Virginiamycin  Virginiamycin M1  
Z  
Zeranol Zeranol 
Zoalene Zoalene 
Note: The asterisk (*) denotes veterinary drugs for which it is not 
necessary to establish maximum residue limits and examine their residues.