The presence of antimicrobial agents in edible tissues of food-producing animals remains a major public health concern. Probabilistic modeling techniques incorporated into a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model were used to predict the amounts of sulfamethazine residues in edible tissues in swine. A PBPK model for sulfamethazine in swine was adapted to include an oral dosing route. The distributions for sensitive parameters were determined and were used in a Monte Carlo analysis to predict tissue residue times. Validation of the distributions was done by comparison of the results of a Monte Carlo analysis to those obtained with an external data set from the literature and an in vivo pilot study. The model was used to predict the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval of the 99th percentile of the population, as recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The external data set was used to calculate the withdrawal time by using the tolerance limit algorithm designed by FDA. The withdrawal times obtained by both methods were compared to the labeled withdrawal time for the same dose. The Monte Carlo method predicted a withdrawal time of 21 days, based on the amounts of residues in the kidneys. The tolerance limit method applied to the time-limited data set predicted a withdrawal time of 12 days. The existing FDA label withdrawal time is 15 days. PBPK models can incorporate probabilistic modeling techniques that make them useful for prediction of tissue residue times. These models can be used to calculate the parameters required by FDA and explore those conditions where the established withdrawal time may not be sufficient.Sulfamethazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic used in the swine industry as a feed or water additive. It is labeled for the treatment of bacterial pneumonia, cervical abscesses, and bacterial swine enteritis, as well as for the prevention of these diseases during times of stress, maintenance of weight gains in the presence of atrophic rhinitis, growth promotion, and increased feed efficiency (14). Research has shown that high concentrations of this drug may cause thyroid tumors in specific strains of rats (35). Also, a wide range of human allergic reactions are related to sulfonamide drugs in general (37, 43). Thus, there is a large public health concern relating to the possible adverse health effects of consuming sulfamethazine residues found in the edible tissues of swine, warranting the development of predictive pharmacokinetic models.Meat withdrawal periods are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure the safety of the meat supply and to address this public health concern. A meat withdrawal period is the time between when a chemotherapeutic is administered to a food animal and the time when that animal is sent to slaughter. These periods are designed to guarantee that the amounts of drug residues in edible tissues will be below tolerance levels before animals are sent to slaughter. Currently, withdrawal times are determined by the toleranc...