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View article: Rapid risk assessment to address emerging concerns of HPAI in raw and pasteurized milk
Rapid risk assessment to address emerging concerns of HPAI in raw and pasteurized milk Open
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A, subtype H5N1, first reported in U.S. dairy cattle in March 2024, raised concerns of an emerging food safety threat from the virus in the milk supply. To support potential regulatory respo…
View article: Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018–2020
Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018–2020 Open
Food can be a source of lead and cadmium exposure for infants and children. Employing a semi-probabilistic approach, dietary exposures to lead and cadmium were assessed for infants 0-11 months (excluding human milk-fed infants) and childre…
View article: A review of the evidence to support interim reference level for dietary lead exposure in adults
A review of the evidence to support interim reference level for dietary lead exposure in adults Open
FDA developed the interim reference level (IRL) for lead of 3 μg/day in children and 12.5 μg/day in women of childbearing age (WOCBA) to better protect the fetus from lead toxicity. These IRLs correspond to a blood lead level (BLL) of 0.5 …
View article: U.S. Food and Drug Administration's interim reference levels for dietary lead exposure in children and women of childbearing age
U.S. Food and Drug Administration's interim reference levels for dietary lead exposure in children and women of childbearing age Open
Reducing lead exposure is a public health priority for the US Food and Drug Administration as well as other federal agencies. The goals of this research were to 1) update the maximum daily dietary intake of lead from food, termed an interi…