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| Personal Name | Bayangos, Roel Anthony S. |
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| Resource Title | Food safety risk profiling of arsenic in regularly milled local rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Philippines |
| Date Issued | 14 August 2024 |
| Abstract | Arsenic is a naturally occurring element, and its inorganic form is highlighted to be more associated with lung, bladder, skin, kidney, liver, and prostate cancer. It is used in wood processes and preservation, and in agriculture (pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides). Recent studies showed that rice grain samples contained traces of inorganic arsenic due to it being typically planted in flooded waters. Given the importance of milled rice in the Filipino diet and the potential health risks from contamination with arsenic, this study conducted a formal food safety risk profiling of arsenic in regularly milled local rice by [1] determination of data gaps in the risk profiling of arsenic in regularly milled local rice by the Filipino consuming population; [2] identification and characterization of arsenic as a food hazard; [3] estimation of dietary exposure (DE) and risks based on uncertainties, variabilities, and assumptions; and [4] determination of available risk management options for arsenic in regularly milled local rice. The mean and high (97.5%) DEs, in mg/kg bw/d, of infants and preschool children (mean male=0.0026; mean female=0.0027; high male=0.0027; high female=0.0029), school-age children (mean male=0.0023; mean female=0.0023; high male=0.0024; high female=0.0024), adolescents (mean male=0.0019; mean female=0.0020; high male=0.0019; max female=0.0021), adults (mean male=0.0015; mean female=0.0017; high male=0.0016; high female=0.0017), and elderly (mean male=0.0012; mean female=0.0014; high male=0.0013; high female=0.0014) were calculated based on the equation provided by WHO (2020). The said DEs values are lower than the PTWI of inorganic arsenic to be 0.015 mg/kg set during the 33rd meeting in 1988 of the Joint Expert Committee for Food Additives (JECFA) (TRS 776-JECFA 33/27). The results suggested a low risk associated with arsenic in the consumption of regularly milled local rice among the Filipino population. However, JECFA withdrew the PTWI at |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Science in Food Technology |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Food contamination; Food—Safety measures; Food Safety; Arsenic—Toxicology; Milled rice; Arsenic; Rice—Philippines; Dietary exposure |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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