Development of machine learning algorithms to estimate maximum residue limits for veterinary medicines

This study demonstrates unestablished MRLs can be reliably predicted for under-represented food commodity groups using machine learning (ML). Classification methods with imbalanced data were used to analyze MRL data from multiple countries by implementing resampling techniques in different ML classifiers. Afterward, we developed and evaluated a data-mining method for predicting unestablished MRLs. Seven different ML classifiers such as support vector classifier, multi-layer perceptron (MLP), random forest, decision tree, k-neighbors, gaussian NB, and Adaboost have been selected in this baseline study. Among these, the neural network MLP classifier reliably scored the highest average-weighted F1 score (accuracy >99% with and ≈88% without markets) in predicting unestablished MRLs. This provides the first study to apply ML algorithms in regulatory food animal medicine. By predicting and estimating MRLs, we can potentially decrease the use and cost of live animals and the overall research burden of determining new MRLs.PMID:37506867 | DOI:10.1016/j.fct.2023.113920

Source: Food and Chemical Toxicology - July 28, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Nader Zad Lisa A Tell Remya Ampadi Ramachandran Xuan Xu Jim E Riviere Ronald Baynes Zhoumeng Lin Fiona Maunsell Jennifer Davis Majid Jaberi-Douraki Source Type: research