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The risk to health from chemicals in food can be assessed by comparing estimates of dietary exposure with recommended safe levels of exposure. For most metals and other elements, these are the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intakes (PTWIs) and the Provisional Tolerable Daily Intakes (PTDIs) recommended by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation International Programme on Chemical Safety (JECFA). The European Commission s Scientific Committee on Food has established other relevant safe levels. These are Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADIs) for chemicals added to food, and Tolerable Daily Intakes (TDIs) for chemical contaminants. The use of the term tolerable implies permissibility rather than acceptability. All the above recommendations are estimates of the amount of substance that can be ingested over a lifetime without appreciable risk, expressed on a daily or weekly basis as appropriate. 

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations for support of M. B. Hassan. We would like to thank Mrs. C. Usher for help with computing, Mr. Allen Munday for Atomic Absorption Analyses, and Mrs. G. Boffey for typing. 

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However, many moulds are far from beneficial to man. They may damage stored food, clothing, leather, wood and other materials of economic importance. They may also cause extensive crop losses in the form of blights and rusts. Finally, they may pose health hazards by producing toxic substances called mycotoxins (from the Greek mukes mashroom, toxikon-toxic). The enormous public health and economic implications of mycotoxin contamination are illustrated by the fact that the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations estimates that up to 25% of the worlds food crops are affected by mycotoxins. 

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Jensen, S., Jernelov, A., Large, R. and Palmork, K.H. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Report No. FIR MP170/E-88 November... 

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