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Position paper on the use of an “estimated acceptable concentration” (EAC) as basis for a control policy's action level for carcinogens unintentionally present in food

introduced. The EAC is defined as a risk-based level of a substance in a food below which the exposure to the substance via the food does not pose a concern or a risk for public health. This EAC concept is ...

Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water

mean lower bound (LB)/upper bound (UB) chronic dietary exposure was below or at the level of the TDI. The 95th percentile LB / UB chronic dietary exposure was below the TDI in adolescents and in all ...

Carry-over of some Fusarium mycotoxins in tissues and eggs of chickens fed experimentally mycotoxin-contaminated diets

storage of the raw materials is required to keep the mycotoxin concentration in feed below the safe levels. Health Topics:  Animal health Santé animale Diergezondheid Red yeast rice Levure de riz rouge Rode ...

Urinary sodium and iodine concentrations among Belgian adults: results from the first national Health Examination Survey.

mild iodine deficiency as the median UIC was below the WHO threshold for iodine sufficiency. Salt intake was substantially higher than the WHO recommendations. Further policy efforts are needed to ...

Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2018

the patients up to 20 years, the proportion with BMI below the tenth percentile has also been declining over the years. The results above suggest better nutritional and global management in the ...

QuilA-Adjuvanted T. gondii Lysate Antigens Trigger Robust Antibody and IFNγ+ T Cell Responses in Pigs Leading to Reduction in Parasite DNA in Tissues Upon Challenge InfectionImage

vaccine induced the strongest immune response and reduced the parasite DNA load below the detection limit in brain and skeletal muscle tissue in most animals. These findings might inform the development of ...

Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food

100,000 to 508. The calculated MOE s are below 10,000 for AFB1 and also for AFM1 where some surveys, particularly for the younger age groups, have an MOE below 10,000. This raises a health concern. The ...

Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2017

< 18.5 kg/m²); this decline was noted also amongst the F508 del homozygous patients; 32.8% in 2000, 21.9% in 2010, and 15.8% in 2017. Amongst the patients up to 20 years, the proportion with BMI below ...

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