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Does arsenic pose a health concern after consumption of clay products?
Keywords: Arsenic Dietary Supplements heavy metals HPLC ICP-MS Abstract: Clay products for oral use form a particular group of food supplements in relation to potential arsenic (As) toxicity, because — ...
Enantiomeric fraction of hexabromocyclododecanes in foodstuff from the Belgian market
(2020) Keywords: Chiral compound Enantiomer Environmental contaminant food HBCDD Abstract: Diet is considered a major route of human exposure to hexabromocyclododecane, a chiral environmental contaminant. ...
Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water
Massanyi, Peter; van Loveren, Henk; Baert, Katleen; Gergelova, Petra; Nielsen, Elsa Source: EFSA Journal, Volume 18, Issue 11 (2020) Keywords: Dietary exposure food margin of exposure (MOE) Nickel ...
Risk assessment of glycoalkaloids in feed and food, in particular in potatoes and potato‐derived products
for α‐solanine and α‐chaconine, mostly for potatoes. The acute dietary exposure to potato GA s was estimated using a probabilistic approach and applying processing factors for food. Due to the limited ...
Risk assessment of ochratoxin A in food
Dall'Asta, Chiara; Mally, Angela; Metzler, Manfred; Binaglia, Marco; Horváth, Zsuzsanna; Steinkellner, Hans; Bignami, Margherita Source: EFSA Journal, Volume 18, Issue 5 (2020) Keywords: dietary exposure ...
Risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food
and the calculated margins of exposure suggested no health concern for this limited scenario. The Panel noted that dietary exposure will be higher due to the contribution of CP s from other foods. The ...
Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food
contribution to the mean chronic dietary exposure to AFB1 in all age classes, while ‘liquid milk’ and ‘fermented milk products’ were the main contributors to the AFM1 mean exposure. Aflatoxins are genotoxic and ...
Dietary exposure of the Belgian population to mineral oil
& Contaminants: Part A (2019) Keywords: dietary exposure assessment Mineral oil MOAH MOSH Spade Abstract: Recently, presence of mineral oil in numerous foods has been detected. The analysis of mineral ...
Scientific opinion on the risks for animal and human health related to the presence of quinolizidine alkaloids in feed and food, in particular in lupins and lupin‐derived products
Due to the limited data on occurrence and consumption, dietary exposure was calculated for some specific scenarios and no full human health risk characterisation was possible. The calculated margin of ...
Determinants of persistent organic pollutant (POP) concentrations in human breast milk of a cross-sectional sample of primiparous mothers in Belgium
associated with higher concentrations of BDE s, but for BDE congeners exposure routes other than diet require further investigation. Conclusions Dietary and non-dietary determinants predict individual POP ...