PCDD/F AND DIOXIN-LIKE PCB LEVEL IN INFANT FORMULAE AVAILABLE ON THE EU MARKET
Human health risk assessments for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs recommend health based exposure limits within the range of 1-4 WHO-TEQ/kg bw per day. The Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission stated that on a body weight basis, the dioxin dietary exposure of breast-fed infants has been estimated to be one to two orders of magnitude higher than the average adult dietary exposure. As breast-feeding has measurable benefits for neurological and immunological development, formula feeding cannot be recommended as an alternative to lower dioxin dietary exposure. In many parts of Europe mothers are increasingly reluctant to breastfeed their babies. The main objective of the current study aims at assessing the level of protection of nonbreastfed childrens health during their early development. Six pooled samples of infant formulae: starting(aged 0–4 months) and follow on (after 4 months) of milk formula, soy formula and hypoallergenic formula, from the EU market basket were prepared by the EU- funded research project CASCADE Network of Excellence. HRGC/HRMS was used for analysis of PCDD/F and PCB in infant formulae. In summary, only relatively low levels of PCDD/F and PCB has been determined in infant formulae available on the EU market.
Pandelova M Kasham S Henkelmann B Leclercq C Piccinelli R Schramm K-W
Helmholtz Zentrum München,German Research Center for Environmental Health,Institute of Ecological Ch National Research Institute for Food and Nutrition,Rome,Italy Helmholtz Zentrum München,German Research Center for Environmental Health,Institute of Ecological Ch
国际会议
北京
英文
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2009-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）