Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin‐like PCBs in feed and food

Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), EFSA; Katrine Knutsen, Helle; Alexander, Jan; Barregård, Lars; Bignami, Margherita; Johannes Brüschweiler, Beat; Ceccatelli, Sandra; Cottrill, Bruce; Dinovi, Michael; Edler, Lutz; Grasl‐Kraupp, Bettina; Högstrand, Christer; Nebbia, Carlo; P. Oswald, Isabelle; Petersen, Annette; Rose, Martin; Roudot, Alain‐Claude; Schwerdtle, Tanja; Vleminckx, Christiane; Vollmer, Günter; Wallace, Heather; Fürst, Peter; Håkansson, Helen; I. Halldórsson, Þórhallur; Lundebye, Anne‐Katrine; Pohjanvirta, Raimo; Rylander, Lars; G. Smith, Andrew; Van Loveren, Henk; Waalkens‐Berendsen, Ine; J. Zeilmaker, Marco; Binaglia, Marco; Ángel Gómez Ruiz, José; Horváth, Zsuzsanna; H. Christoph, Eugen; Ciccolallo, Laura; Ramos Bordajandi, Luisa; Steinkellner, Hans; Hoogenboom, L.A.P.

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5333

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Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin‐like PCBs in feed and food

Published in EFSA Journal • Nov 1, 2018

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EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)

Helle Katrine Knutsen

Jan Alexander

Abstract

-TEQ/g fat in blood sampled at age 9 years based on PCDD/F-TEQs. No association was observed when including DL-PCB-TEQs. Using toxicokinetic modelling and taking into account the exposure from breastfeeding and a twofold higher intake during childhood, it was estimated that daily exposure in adolesc...

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Animal feed

Food science

Human health

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