Australia New Zealand Food Authority

The 19th Australian Total Diet Survey

A total diet survey of pesticide residues and contaminants

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Contents  

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Summary - The survey, Results, Survey changes, Conclusion                        

Part A  Background                        

Origin of the survey, Pesticide and contaminant surveillance in Australia, Comparison with other surveys, Using information from the survey, Conducting the survey, Foods included in the survey,  Pesticide residues and contaminants examined, Dietary modelling, Dietary exposure estimates based on the 1983 and 1985 National Dietary Surveys and the 1995 National Nutrition Survey

Part B  Results                        

Introduction  

Contaminants
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Antimony, Arsenic,Cadmium, Copper,   Lead, Mercury, Selenium,Tin, Dibutyl and tributyl, tin, Zinc ,      Aflatoxins, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Comparison between the 19th ATDS and the recalculated 1996 AMBS (18th ATDS) results for contaminants

Pesticides  
Chlorinated organic pesticides, Organophosphorus pesticides, Carbamate pesticides, Synthetic pyrethroid pesticides, Fungicides ,  Results and dietary exposures to pesticides, Comparison between the 19th ATDS and the recalculated 1996 AMBS (18th ATDS) results for pesticide residues

Table of Recommendations


Part C Appendixes

  Appendix 1  Dietary exposure to metals          42

  Appendix 2  Dietary exposure to pesticides     44

  Appendix 3  Dietary exposure to thiram           51

  Appendix 4  Pesticides and metabolites not detected in the 19th ATDS   52

References

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