The influence of human variability upon food safety legislation

被引：2

作者：

Woods, HF

机构：

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY | 1996年 / 2卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

human variability; risk assessment; food safety; Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI); legislation; Food Safety Act 1990;

D O I：

10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00037-3

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

This paper considers the influence of human variations in the kinetics and dynamics of chemicals in food upon the formulation of food safety legislation. Legislation is designed to protect and benefit all and not solely specific groups or individuals within the population. A consideration of the adequacy of the safety factors used to calculate Acceptable Daily intake (ADI) leads on to the discussion of those circumstances in which a part of the population may exceed the ADI for a particular chemical. The conclusion is that the ADI does take human variability into consideration and that current legislation is satisfactory and made more so through the surveillance of dietary additive and contaminant intakes in man.

引用

页码：97 / 101

页数：5