title: Pb, Hg, Cd, As, Sb and Al levels in foodstuffs from the 2nd French total diet study.
abstract: In 2006, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) conducted the second French total diet study (TDS) to estimate dietary exposures of main minerals and trace elements from 1319 samples of foods habitually consumed by the French population. The foodstuffs were analysed by ICP-MS after microwave-assisted digestion. Contamination data for lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, antimony and aluminium were reported and compared with results from the previous French total diet study. The results are comparable with those from the rest of Europe. "Fish and fish products" and "sweeteners, honey and confectionery" were the food groups showing the highest cumulated contents in Pb, Hg, Cd, As, Al and Sb. However, observed levels remained low and were generally well below the maximum levels set by the current European regulation for lead, cadmium and mercury.
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Millour
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noël
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kadar
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Rachida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chekri
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vastel
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sirot
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES unités CIME et AQR-PC, ANSES-LSA 23, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, France. Electronic address: thierry.guerin@anses.fr.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guérin
keywords: Food; ICP–MS; Occurrence data; Total diet study; Trace elements