Status and Rules

The pages below cover how regulators and sporting bodies classify carnosine and its related forms. Rules change. Each page shows the date it was checked, and links to the body that sets the rule.

This section is general information. It is not legal advice.

• AustraliaCarnosine in the TGA Permissible Ingredients Determination, the Poisons Standard, the FSANZ sports food standard and racing rules. Checked October 2026.
• Other countriesHow the United States, European Union and Japan classify carnosine and zinc-L-carnosine. Checked October 2026.
• Human sportCarnosine and beta-alanine are not named on the WADA Prohibited List. What that does and does not cover.
• Horse racing and sportCarnosine and beta-alanine in horse racing and equestrian sport. Rules that work by effect, TCO2 limits, and the FEI database.