SLIDE 1 Exposure Assessment of Food
Additives
Deputy Director (Scientist E) National Institute of Nutrition Hyderabad
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Global food safety concerns
Microbiological Hazards Pesticide Residues Misuse Of Food Additives Chemical Contaminants Biological Toxins Adulteration Genetically Modified Organisms Allergens Veterinary Drugs Residues Growth Promoting Hormones
SLIDE 4 Food Additive
Any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of the food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological (including
- rganoleptic) purpose in the manufacture, processing,
preparation, treatment, packing, packaging and transport . The term does not include contaminants, or substances added to food for maintaining or improving nutritional qualities
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Reactive approach Main responsibility with government No structured risk analysis Relies on end product inspection and testing Level of risk reduction: not always satisfactory
Modern food safety system
Preventive approach
Shared responsibility Addresses farm-to table continuum Science based - Use of structured risk analysis- Establishes priorities Integrated food control Relies on process control Level of risk reduction: improved
Traditional food safety system
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Interactive exchange of information and
Risk Assessment
Science based
Risk Management
Policy based
Risk Analysis
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Risk assessment i) Hazard identification ii) Hazard characterization iii) Exposure assessment iv) Risk characterization
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Basic requirements of dietary exposure assessment
(1)Concentration of the food additive in food (2) Amount of food consumed (3)Average body weight of the population (kg). The general equation for dietary exposure is: Dietary exposure = Σ (Concentration of food additive in food × Food consumption) Body weight (kg)
SLIDE 9 Exposure assessment
Pre –Regulation Food additive concentration data from manufacturer Post- Regulation Specific foods containing the food additive in the market Actual use levels of the food additives from food manufacturers
Analytical data on the concentrations of the food additive in food may also be used to more realistically estimate the levels of the food additive likely to be found in the diet as consumed Data can be derived from monitoring and surveillance data on food.
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Theoretical Maximum Daily Intake
Average per capita daily food consumption for each foodstuff or food group X legal maximum use level of the additive established by Codex standards/FSSAI
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Assumptions for TMDI
(a) All foods in which an additive is permitted contain that additive (b) Always present at the Maximum Permitted Level (c) Foods containing the additive are consumed by people each day of their lives at the average per capita level (d) the additive does not undergo a decrease in level as a result of cooking or processing techniques (e) All foods permitted to contain the additive are ingested and nothing is discarded.
SLIDE 12 Estimated Daily Intake
The Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) of a food additive is the amount of an additive ingested by the average consumer
a) the actual use of the additive by industry b) according to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) c) an approximation as close as possible to the actual use level.
SLIDE 13 Data Quality Survey type or design Sampling procedures Sample preparation Analytical method Analytical parameters ie limit of detection (LOD) or limit
Quality assurance procedures
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Approaches Food Consumption data Population based - per capita consumption Not generally useful for food additives Household based - Provides consumption at household level Not at individual level Individual based - More closely reflect actual consumption Bias
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Food Mean Median 95th Percentile Biscuits 6.79 5.71 24.0 Candies 2.00 2.00 2.00 Carbonated beverages 26.56 8.30 200.00 Chocolates 4.24 2.67 14.29 Malted & other beverages 52.72 20.00 250.0 Ice cream 7.99 5.00 28.57 Jam 4.62 1.43 20.00 Chips 8.90 4.29 28.57
Consumption of selected processed foods Urban-HIG(g/ml/day)
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Food Mean Median 95th Percentile Biscuits 18.06 8.14 52.0 Candies 1.17 0.50 4.57 Carbonated beverages 11.78 6.67 35.71 Chocolates 4.08 2.29 13.71 Malted & other beverages 29.12 5.0 200.0 Ice cream 4.63 1.67 14.29 Jam 1.22 0.86 4.29 Chips 6.74 2.83 22.86
Consumption of selected processed foods Rural (g/ml/day)
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Authorized use Maximum use level
Highest concentration Deemed to be functionally effective Agreed to be safe But it does not usually correspond to the Optimum, Recommended or Typical level of use
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Sample No Phosphoric acid mg/Litre Mean (Range) Caffeine Mg/litre Mean (Range) Brand 1 (n=10) 394.3 (163.0-543.0) 74.00(44.0-88.0) Brand 2 (n=10) 481.4 (447.0-554.0) 66.50(59.0-72.0) Brand 3 (n=10) 486.7(417.0-581.0) 73.90(66.0-81.0) Brand 4 (n=10) 3.56 (2.0-6.2) 99.10(60.0-117.0)
Analytical data of four leading brands of carbonated beverages
Maximum permitted limits : Phosphoric acid 600mg/ltr Caffeine 145mg/ltr
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Risk Characterization
An estimate of the likelihood of adverse health effects in human populations as a consequence of the exposure. For threshold acting agents, population risk is characterized by comparison of the ADI (or other measures) with exposure. The likelihood of adverse health effects is notionally zero when exposure is less than the ADI. INS (International Numbering System)
SLIDE 20 "All things are poisons; nothing is without poison;
- nly the dose makes a thing not a poison“.
It is the dose
Paracelsus
(16th Century alchemist )
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Safety Evaluation
Toxicity Tests - Acute toxicity, Short term toxicity Long term toxicity, Mutagenicity, Carcinogenicity,Tertogenecity, Multigeneration etc Establishment of Low Observed Adverse Effect Level (LOAEL) Establishment of No Observed Adverse Effect Level(NOAEL) Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) Threshold -Non threshold ( No ADI) International Numbering System (INS no )
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Acceptable Daily Intake
The Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) is an estimate by JECFA of the amount of a food additive,expressed on a body weight basis, that can be ingested daily over a lifetime without appreciable health risk(standard man - 60 Kg) (WHO Environmental Health Criteria document N° 70, Principles for the SafetyAssessment of food Additives and Contaminants in Food, Geneva, 1987). The ADI is expressed in milligrams of the additive per kilogram of body weight.For this purpose, "without appreciable risk" is taken to mean the practical certaintycertainty that injury will not result even after a life-time's exposure (Report of the 1975 JMPR, TRS 592, WHO, 1976). A group of 700 substances categorized as GRAS ("generally recognized as safe"), which are so classified because of extensive past use without harmful side effects
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Acceptable Daily Intake "Not Specified"
A term applicable to a food substance of very low toxicity for which, on the basis of the available data (chemical, biochemical, toxicological, and other), the total dietary intake of the substance, arising from its use at the levels necessary to achieve the desired effect and from its acceptable background levels in food, does not, in the opinion of JECFA, represent a hazard to health.
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ADI
Mg/kgbw/day
LOAEL NOAEL Relation between ADI, NOAEL and LOAEL 10X10 =100
Half life is short -No cumulative toxicity expected Occasional excursion of ADI no health concern, but long period excursion is undesirable
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Reference body weights used for risk characterization Average body weight 60kg for adult 15 kg for children Average body weight 55 kg for adult for Asian population
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Percentiles Body weight (in Kg) 5 34.90 10 37.40 25 41.80 50 48.00 75 55.60 95 69.00 Body weights of Adult women* (>18yrs) Rural * n= 4029
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Percentiles Body weight ( in Kg ) 5 41.10 10 43.70 25 49.17 50 55.85 75 63.02 95 76.30 Body weights of Adult men* (>18yrs) Rural * n=3538
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Percentiles Body weight (in Kg) 5 44.84 10 48.20 25 54.00 50 62.40 75 70.30 95 86.00 Body weights of Adult men* (>18yrs) Urban * n= 1647
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Percentiles Body weight (in Kg) 5 38.50 10 41.50 25 47.90 50 55.30 75 62.90 95 76.50 Body weights of Adult women* (>18yrs) Urban * n=1921
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A review on risk assessment of selected food additives (2000-2015)
Food colours Sulphites Benzoates Nitrites Australia, China, France,India, Korea , Norway, Taiwan, Thailand and New Zealand Exposures are below ADI at average consumers At 95th Percentile some were crossing the ADI Jain & Mathur, 2015
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Name of the food colour
INS No ADI (mg/ kg bw) Percentage of ADI at Mean value Percentage of ADI at 95th percentile value 1
Erythrosine
127 0-0.1 96 % 537.6 % 2 Ponceau 4R 124 0-4 3.11 % 15.44 % 3 Carmoisine 122 0-4 2.4 % 13.44 % 4 Sunset Yellow FCF 110 0-4 2.4 % 13.44 % 5 Indigo carmine 132 0-5 1.92 % 10.75 % 6 Tartrazine 102 0-7.5 1.28 % 7.1 % 7 Brilliant blue FCF 133 0-12.5 0.7 % 4.3 % 8 Fast green FCF 143 0-25 0.38 % 2.15 %
SLIDE 32 FREQUENCY CONSUMPTION OF TABLETOP SWEETENERS AMONG
TYPE 2 DIABETIC, OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE INDIVIDUALS
82.70% 14.90% 1.10% 60.60% 21.20% 3.00%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
DAILY OCCASIONALLY RARELY/VERY RARELY
TYPE II DIABETIC OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE
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Quantity And Type Of Sweetener Added In Commonly Available Diet Beverages And Energy Drinks Diet beverages Sweetener used Quantity of sweetener (mg) Net quantity (ml) Brand 1 Aspartame 115.5 330 Acesulfame-k 49.5 Brand 2 Aspartame 87.5 250 Acesulfame-k 37.5 Brand 3 Aspartame 105 300 Acesulfame-k 45 Brand 4 Sucralose 75 250 Acesulfame-k 37.5 Brand 5 Sucralose 142.5 475
SLIDE 34 Commonly Prepared Sugar Free Sweets
Sweets Sweetener used Weight of each sweet (g) Amount of sweetener in one unit of sweet (mg) 1.Sugarfree angeer rolls 2.Sugarfree ragi laddu 3.Sugarfree badusha 4.Sugarfree agmeri kalakanda 5.Sugarfree kaju barfi 6.Sugarfree kajukathli 7.Sugarfree gondh laddu 8.Sugarfree mothichurladdu 9.Sugarfree mysore pak 10.Sugarfree sunnunda 11.Sugarfree kova pure
relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) relish(sucralose) 29.16±3.76 45.83±3.76 52.66±5.35 45±6.32 40±3.16 9.83±0.40 50.16±1.60 44.83±2.56 35±5.17 42.33±2.58 47.66±2.33 45±6.32 7.29±0.94 18.79±1.54 21.96±2.23 3.6±0.50 6.67±0.54 6.67±0.54 20.56±0.65 7.62±0.43 11.68±1.72 14.13±0.86 11.91±0.58 3.6±0.50
SLIDE 35 Mean daily intake of individual sweeteners among
- verweight and obese individuals [n=33] and its percentage
comparison with ADI
Sweetener Percentage consumption n (%) Intake (mg/kg/day) Mean±SD Range JECFA (mg/kg/day) % ADI Aspartame 21(63.6) 0.65±0.52 0.06-1.38 40 1.62 Sucralose 23 (69.6) 0.41±0.11 0.29-0.61 15 2.73 Saccharin 0(0)
16(48.4) 0.15±0.05 0.04-0.21 15 1.0
Total number of subjects exceeds, because some people were having more than one sweetener through their diet foods
SLIDE 36 Comparison of mean daily intake of type 2 diabetic individuals [n=87] with ADI
Sweetener Percentage consumption n (%) Intake (mg/kg/day) Mean±SD Range JECFA (mg/kg/day) % ADI Aspartame 52(59.7) 0.85±0.74 0.01-2.89 40 2.1 Sucralose 34(39) 0.41±0.46 0.01-1.87 15 2.6 Saccharin 1(1.1) 0.002±0.0 0-0.002 5 0.04 Acesulfame-k 2(2.2) 0.035±0.007 0.03-0.04 15 0.2
Total number of subjects exceed because, people had more than one sweetener through their diet foods
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European Food Safety Authority
Tier I Theoretical Food Consumption X Maximum Permitted usage of additive Tier II Actual Food Consumption X Maximum Permitted usage of additive Tier III Actual Food consumption X Actual use of usage of Additive
Other methods
Total Diet Studies Statistical models
SLIDE 38 To conclude
Exposure assessment of food additives is the critical component
- f risk assessment of food additives
Need to identify models to capture the food additive intake Food safety is shared responsibility of all stake holders but the major responsibility lies with food industry in case of food additives
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Thank you for your attention