Open AccessStatement on the dietary exposure assessment for the temporary maximum residue levels for chlordecone in certain products of animal origin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
efsa journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.076
H-Index - 97
ISSN - 1831-4732
DOI - 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6052
Subject(s) - european commission , risk assessment , food safety , reference dose , toxicology , exposure assessment , member states , european union , business , environmental health , food science , medicine , chemistry , biology , computer science , computer security , economic policy
In accordance with Article 43 of Regulation ( EC ) No 396/2005, the European Commission requested EFSA to carry out a consumer exposure assessment in relation to the maximum residue levels ( MRL s) for chlordecone in products of animal origin recommended by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety ( ANSES ) in an assessment performed in 2018. The MRL proposals under assessment are lower than the current EU MRL s established under Regulation ( EC ) 396/2005. The dietary exposure calculations performed by EFSA demonstrated that the short‐term and the long‐term intake of chlordecone residues at the level of the proposed MRL s for animal products under assessment is not expected to exceed the toxicological reference values derived by the French authorities.