Dietary exposure of the Belgian population to mineral oil

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A Pub Date : 2019-11-07 DOI:10.1080/19440049.2019.1684573

A. Van Heyst, S. Goscinny, S. Bel, S. Vandevijvere, B. Mertens, M. Elskens, E. Van Hoeck

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ABSTRACT Recently, presence of mineral oil in numerous foods has been detected. The analysis of mineral oil in food is convoluted since it comprises MOSH (saturated hydrocarbons) and variable amounts of mainly alkylated MOAH (aromatic hydrocarbons). Both fractions have a different toxicological profile and therefore they need to be assessed separately. For Belgium, occurrence data are available comprising concentrations of 217 food samples. These data were used, in combination with the 2014/15 Belgian Food Consumption Survey data, in a lower bound scenario to evaluate the dietary exposure of the Belgian population. Exposure to mineral oil was much lower compared to the results previously reported by EFSA and RIVM. The main contributors in Belgium were similar to previous studies (i.e. cereal products and oils), but an important additional contribution of non-alcoholic drinks was identified due to the presence of mineral oil in coffee. However, the concentration of mineral oil was determined from the dry product by applying a dilution factor with transfer rate of 100%, and not in the prepared coffee. This study gives an account of the dietary exposure of the Belgian population to mineral oil for the first time and reports the associated uncertainties. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

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比利时人口从饮食中摄取矿物油的情况

近年来，在许多食品中检测到矿物油的存在。由于食品中的矿物油含有饱和烃(MOSH)和以烷基化为主的不同数量的芳烃(MOAH)，因此对矿物油的分析很复杂。两种组分具有不同的毒理学特征，因此需要分别进行评估。在比利时，可获得的发生数据包括217个食品样本的浓度。这些数据与2014/15年比利时食品消费调查数据结合使用，在下限情景中评估比利时人口的饮食暴露。与欧洲食品安全局和RIVM先前报告的结果相比，矿物油暴露量要低得多。比利时的主要贡献因素与以前的研究相似(即谷物产品和油)，但由于咖啡中存在矿物油，确定了非酒精饮料的重要额外贡献。然而，矿物油的浓度是通过使用转移率为100%的稀释系数从干产品中确定的，而不是在准备好的咖啡中。这项研究首次给出了比利时人口在饮食中暴露于矿物油的情况，并报告了相关的不确定性。图形抽象

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