S.L. 449.19 ст. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise -"Director" means the Director for Veterinary Services;

"maximum residue limit" or "MRL" means the maximum concentration of residue resulting from the use of a veterinary medicinal product (expressed in mg/Kg or u/Kg on a fresh weight basis) which may be legally permitted or recognised as acceptable in food. This limit is either based on the type and amount of residue considered to be without any toxicological hazard for human health as expressed by the acceptable daily intake (ADI), or on the basis of a temporary ADI that utilises an additional safety factor. In order to assess this limit one also takes into account other relevant public health risks as well as food technology aspects. When establishing a maximum residue limit consideration is also given to residues that are found in food of plant origin and/or come from the environment. Furthermore, the MRL may be reduced to be consistent with good practices in the use of veterinary drugs and to the extent that practical analytical methods are available; "residues of veterinary medicinal products" means all pharmacologically active substances, whether active principals, excipients or degradation products, and their metabolites which remain in foodstuffs made from animals to which the veterinary medicinal product in question has been administered.

(2) These regulations shall not apply to active principles of biological origin intended to produce active or passive immunity or to diagnose a state of immunity used in immunological veterinary medicinal products.