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Carbadox

Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary

Carbadox is a veterinary drug — Antibacterial used in animal feed for swine to treat dysentery

Also: Mecadox

What it does

Antibacterial used in animal feed for swine to treat dysentery

Where you'll see it

Swine feed

What the research says

Cancer-causing additive. Studies indicated drug can cause liver tumors in rodents when fed at high levels over their entire lifetime. JECFA would not set an ADI or NOEL.

Regulatory status

Notes: JECFA would not set ADI; FDA tolerance zero in swine; Canada moved to ban in 2001

Sources

A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): The Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) would not set an ADI or NOEL for this drug since it is a cancer-causing additive