US: Food industry concerned about dioxin proposal

19 January 2012

The food industry in the US is worried a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)proposal on dioxins goes too far and could deem the average US diet dangerous. The Food Industry Dioxin Working Group is also worried about the way in which the EPA has split the risk assessment into cancer and non-cancer risk, and set a reference dose for the non-cancer risk.

The EPA is expected to release a final guidance on dioxin exposure shortly. The level of dioxin exposure considered safe by EPA is expected to be 0.7 pg/kg body weight per day. The limits set by WHO and the EU are between 1 and 4 pg/kg per kilogram body weight per day.

More information in Food Safety News here: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/01/food-industry-concerned-about-epas-dioxin-limits/