To trigger a drug-dog alert, the necessary threshold level would be around 1 to 10 micrograms of methyl benzoate.
In the 1999 Furton study, it was stated that it would take 500 milligrams of cocaine in order to emit 1 to 10 micrograms of Methyl Benzoate.
A colorless liquid that is poorly soluble in water is one of the properties of methyl benzoate.