Schilter B, Huggett A C
Department of Quality and Safety Assurance, Nestlé Research Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Food Addit Contam. 1998;15 Suppl:83-9. doi: 10.1080/02652039809374619.
Pesticides are widely used in agriculture to control a variety of detrimental organisms. As a consequence, low but measurable amounts of residues may be found in the food supply including food intended for infants and young children. This has been the cause of some alarm since it is difficult for the general public to understand the magnitude of health risk associated with the consumption of food contaminated with low levels of potentially toxic chemicals. In this context safety-based regulations for pesticide residues that ensure the protection of infants and young children are of crucial importance. In this article we discuss the applicability of the ADI to infants and children with regards to pesticides and outline a proposal which has been devised to establish residue limits for finished baby food products.
农药在农业中被广泛用于控制各种有害生物。因此，在食品供应中，包括供婴幼儿食用的食品中，可能会发现少量但可测量的残留物。这引起了一些恐慌，因为普通公众很难理解食用含有低水平潜在有毒化学物质的受污染食品所带来的健康风险程度。在这种情况下，确保保护婴幼儿的基于安全的农药残留法规至关重要。在本文中，我们讨论了每日允许摄入量在农药方面对婴幼儿的适用性，并概述了一项为确定成品婴儿食品的残留限量而制定的提案。
