Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Following the process of assessing the safety of nitrofurans, pursued by
the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) of the European
Medicines Agency (EMA), it was determined that the analysis of nitrofuran
residues should be based on the detection of metabolites.
Figure 1. Chemical Structures of furazolidone, furaldone, nitrofurantoin, nitrofurazone
and nifursol and their corresponding marker residues.
