Veterinary drug residues from animal-derived food products may pose risks to human health. To perform a drug residue risk assessment, we must first characterize the risk by evaluating the hazard and assessing exposure.

Consult the guidance document for a brief description of the relevant data necessary for the evaluation process, followed by the key outcomes and relevant JECFA experts responsible along each step of the JECFA risk assessment process:

• Hazard assessment: Derivation of health-based guidance values (HBGVs) such as acceptable daily intake (ADI) and acute reference dose (ARfD);
• Residue assessment: Total residue (TR) and marker residue (MR) depletion in edible tissues;
• Exposure assessment: Use of the global estimated chronic or acute dietary intake; and
• How maximum residue limits (MRLs) are derived as the final step of the JECFA risk assessment process.