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Appendix 1: Established acceptable intake (AI) limits for N -nitrosamine impurities

17 Additional nitrosamines and one nitrosamine with revised AI are as follows;

Nitrosamine DP CPCA AI(ng/day)
N-nitroso-desmethyl-almotriptan Almotriptan 1 18
N-nitroso-N-desethyl-amiodarone Amiodarone 1 18
N-nitroso-N-desmethyl-cabergoline Cabergoline 1 18
N-nitroso-N-desmethyl-diltiazem Diltiazem 1 18
N-nitroso-N-despropyl-ropinirole Ropinirole 1 18
N-((2- isopropylthiazol-4-yl) methyl)-N-methylnitrous amide (NNTA) Cobicistat 1 18
N-nitroso-brinzolamide Brinzolamide 2 100
N-nitroso-carvedilol Carvedilol 3 400
N-nitroso-safinamide Safinamide 3 400
N-nitroso-N-desmethyl-methadone Methadone 3 400
N-nitroso-dalbavancin Dalbavancin 4 1500
N-nitroso-norfloxacin Norfloxacin 4 1500
N-nitroso-vancomycin Vancomycin 4 1500
(2S,4R)-N-(6-bromopyridin-2-yl)-4-fluoro-1-nitrosopyrrolidine-2-carboxamide Danicopan 4 1500
N-nitroso-vanzacaftor ^ Vanzacaftor 4 1500
N-nitroso-acarbose Acarbose 5 1500
N-nitroso-nadolol Nadolol 5 1500
N-nitroso-N-desmethyl-doxylamine Doxylamine - 100 (revised from 18)

^ CPCA category was established using a correction to account for the 5-carbon chain feature length

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