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Title |
Various surveys for dioxins
and PCBs in foods and dietary exposure of UK |
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consumers to these chemicals
as part of programme of food chemical surveillance. |
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Also statutory monitoring
of PCBs to meet requirements of EC Directives. |
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Description |
Food Standards Agency surveys
primarily carried out to estimate the dietary |
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exposure to dioxins and PCBs
of UK consumers of various age groups and other |
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critical groups. Current projects
cover shellfish; infant formulae; fish oil dietary |
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supplements and licensed medicines;
cows' milk; fats and oils used in food |
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manufacture; and fruit and
vegetables. There is also current work on animal feeding |
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stuffs. Planned surveys for
dioxins and PCBs include meat; eggs; fish; milk |
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products and baby foods. Survey
for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in |
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samples representing the UK
diet. Statutory monitoring for PCBs (and PAHs) |
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Area |
Most of the samples were collected
in England. However national distribution |
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throughout the UK applies
to infant formulae; fish oils; fats and oils and fruit and |
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vegetables. Shellfish samples
were landed in England or Scotland or were |
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imported. Cows' milk samples
were collected from throughout the UK. For future |
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surveys samples will generally
be collected throughout the UK. |
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Information Sheets from 1993
are available in English at the above website. Those |
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published after 1 April 2000
are also available from the Food Standards Agency's |
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library and can be supplied
in Welsh on request. Those published before 1 April |
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2000 are available in English
only from the MAFF library. Prior to 1993 MAFF |
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results were published as
Food Surveillance Papers - these are available in English |
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only from the MAFF library. |
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