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Cyanotoxins and Food Contamination in Developing Countries: Review of Their Types, Toxicity, Analysis, Occurrence and Mitigation Strategies
a real risk to the exposed population. Assessment of cyanotoxin contamination in foods from developing countries still requires further investigations by conducting more survey studies, especially the ...
Pesticide Use in Market Gardening and Perceived Risk of Consumers Exposed to Pesticide Residues
gardening to improve productivity and pest control. Pesticide residues could be persistent in vegetables and generate a potential health hazard for consumers. This study has been carried out in Tunisia to ...
Update of the risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in food
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM); Dieter Schrenk; Margherita Bignami; Laurent Bodin; James Kevin Chipman; Jesús del ...
Dietary exposure assessment and risk characterization of citrinin and ochratoxin A in Belgium
problem. To ensure public health, it is imperative to characterize the risks related to these toxins. The present study aims to conduct a dietary exposure assessment of citrinin (CIT) and ochratoxin A (OTA) ...
Retrospective survey of unauthorized genetically modified bacteria harbouring antimicrobial resistance genes in feed additive vitamin B2 commercialized in Belgium: Challenges and solutions
suspicious samples contaminated with additional unknown GM bacterial strains as well as potential health and environmental risks related to the unexpected presence of full-length AMR genes could be ...
Migration of mineral oil from cardboard packaging for food: Identification of the hazards and assessment of the exposure of the Belgian population
oil food contamination problem in Belgium, an extensive market survey was conducted including a wide variety of matrices. As saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) have ...
Investigating the risk-benefit balance of substituting red and processed meat with fish in a Danish diet.
Food Chem Toxicol, Volume 120 (2018) Keywords: Dietary guidelines Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) exposure health impact Risk-Benefit Assessment (RBA) Substitution Abstract: Danish dietary ...
Analysis of mineral oil in food: results of a Belgian market survey
Additives & Contaminants: Part A, Volume 35, Issue 10 (2018) Keywords: action thresholds food contact materials Market survey Mineral oil online LC-GC Abstract: Recently, migration of mineral oil ...
Assessment of dietary intake of 10 intense sweeteners by the Italian population.
Giovina; Ferrari, Marika; Piccinelli, Raffaela; Joris Van Loco; Turrini, Aida Source: Food Chem Toxicol, Volume 102, p.186-197 (2017) Keywords: Aspartame Beverages Diet Surveys Dietary Supplements Food ...
Study of the possible migration risks of food contact materials for children under 3 years
polymers for food contact materials for children younger than 3 years old (European Commission, regulation No. 10/2011). Furthermore, in a recent opinion, the Superior Health Council of Belgium expressed its ...