title: Dietary exposure estimates for the food preservatives benzoic acid and sorbic acid in the total diet in Taiwan.
abstract: The purpose was to assess the health risk to general consumers in Taiwan associated with dietary intake of benzoic acid and sorbic acid by conducting a total diet study (TDS). The hazard index (HI) in percent acceptable daily intake (%ADI) of benzoic acid and sorbic acid for eight exposure groups classified by age were calculated. In high-intake consumers, the highest HI of benzoic acid was 54.1%ADI for males aged 1-2 years old at the 95th percentile, whereas for females, the HI was 61.7%ADI for aged over 66 years old. The highest HI of sorbic acid for male and female consumers aged 3-6 years old at the 95th percentile were 14.0%ADI and 12.2%ADI, respectively. These results indicate that the use of benzoic acid and sorbic acid as preservatives at the current level of use in the Taiwanese diet does not constitute a public health and safety concern.
authors: Department of Health Risk Management, China Medical University , No. 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, 40402 Taiwan R.O.C.
authors: Min-Pei
authors: MP
authors: Ling
authors: Keng-Wen
authors: KW
authors: Lien
authors: Chiu-Hua
authors: CH
authors: Wu
authors: Shih-Pei
authors: SP
authors: Ni
authors: Hui-Ying
authors: HY
authors: Huang
authors: Dennis P H
authors: DP
authors: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D019817:Benzoic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000032:analysis*; D059022:Food Safety; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008461:Meat Products / Q000032:analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D013011:Sorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D013624:Taiwan; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005520:Food Preservatives; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D013011:Sorbic Acid
keywords: TDS; benzoic acid; food preservatives; risk assessment; sorbic acid