Exposure Assessment of Smoke Flavouring Primary Products by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Comparison of Two Exposure Tools

This thesis provides a concise overview of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) exposure assessments on eight smoking flavoring primary products. Using the Food Additive Intake model 2.1 and the Dietary Exposure (DietEx) tool, the FAF Panel evaluated the data on exposure to the proposed maximum and typical use levels. Calculating chronic dietary exposure to food additives, including newly developed food additives as well as approved food additives for which a new use is recommended, is the purpose of the FAIM tool. The findings are reported for a wide range of age and population groups, including infants, toddlers, adults, and those in other categories, as well as for a number of countries. The Dietary Exposure (DietEx) program computes the chronic dietary exposure to compounds that are found in food (for instance, chemicals that have been purposefully added or naturally exist, contaminants, proteins, and novel food ingredients). Calculating the mean and 95th percentile exposure levels for various age groups and special population groups across numerous EU nations requires using individual consumption data from the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database. The focus of this thesis is to give an overview of the outcomes for the entire group as well as the significant difficulties that emerged when completing the exposure assessment. It does this by describing the principal findings and conclusions that were reached during the safety evaluation of eight smoke flavored primary products.