Effect on dietary exposure of an increase of the levels for aflatoxin total from 4 µg/kg to 10 µg/kg

Published: 2012-07-26
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Introduction

In an ad-hoc request, the European Commission asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assess the difference in dietary exposure resulting from the consumption of dried figs under the current maximum levels for aflatoxin total (sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2) of 4 µg/kg and aflatoxin B1 of 2 µg/kg compared to a possible future maximum level of 10 µg/kg for aflatoxin total and 6 µg/kg for aflatoxin B1, taking into account dietary exposure from all possible sources.

For the evaluation of the dried figs contamination with aflatoxins, EFSA used the data on occurrence of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in 329 samples collected from 2007 onwards and available in the EFSA database. Information on the consumption of dried figs in European countries was available from the EFSA Comprehensive Food Consumption database and from the GEMS/Food cluster diets database. Depending on the source of information and dietary study, the average daily consumption of dried figs in adult population varied from 0.04 to 0.6 g/kg per person.