TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk assessment of patulin intake through apple-based food by infants and preschool children in Serbia
AU - Torović, Ljilja
AU - Dimitrov, Nina
AU - Assunção, Ricardo
AU - Alvito, Paula
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/11/2
Y1 - 2017/11/2
N2 - This study reports for the first time in Serbia the occurrence of patulin in apple-based food and the risk assessment associated with patulin intake by infants and preschool children. In total, 214 samples of infant fruit juices (48), infant purée (66), and juices for children (small package with straw, 100) were collected over 3 years (2013–15) and analysed using HPLC with ultraviolet detection. Patulin was found in 43.8% of infant juices and 16.7% of infant purée, with all values below the legal limit of 10 μg kg−1 (maximum 8.3 and 7.7 μg kg−1, respectively). The proportion of contaminated samples among fruit juices for children was 43.0%, with the highest patulin concentration at 30.2 μg kg−1, not exceeding the maximum allowed level of 50 μg kg−1. Risk assessment of patulin intake by Serbian infants and preschool children, conducted by deterministic and probabilistic approaches, revealed a hazard quotient well below 1, indicating a tolerable exposure level and no health concern.
AB - This study reports for the first time in Serbia the occurrence of patulin in apple-based food and the risk assessment associated with patulin intake by infants and preschool children. In total, 214 samples of infant fruit juices (48), infant purée (66), and juices for children (small package with straw, 100) were collected over 3 years (2013–15) and analysed using HPLC with ultraviolet detection. Patulin was found in 43.8% of infant juices and 16.7% of infant purée, with all values below the legal limit of 10 μg kg−1 (maximum 8.3 and 7.7 μg kg−1, respectively). The proportion of contaminated samples among fruit juices for children was 43.0%, with the highest patulin concentration at 30.2 μg kg−1, not exceeding the maximum allowed level of 50 μg kg−1. Risk assessment of patulin intake by Serbian infants and preschool children, conducted by deterministic and probabilistic approaches, revealed a hazard quotient well below 1, indicating a tolerable exposure level and no health concern.
KW - Patulin
KW - apple
KW - children
KW - infants
KW - risk assessment
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U2 - 10.1080/19440049.2017.1364434
DO - 10.1080/19440049.2017.1364434
M3 - Article
C2 - 28783008
AN - SCOPUS:85028566553
SN - 1944-0049
VL - 34
SP - 2023
EP - 2032
JO - Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment
JF - Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment
IS - 11
ER -