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Dietary exposure assessment

Dietary exposure assessment is the process of estimating the population’s exposure to the different chemicals found in our food. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) uses mathematical, ‘dietary modelling,’ techniques to conduct dietary exposure assessments. These assessments consider chemicals like food additives, pesticide residues, chemical contaminants, nutrients, food ingredients and other substances that have a nutrition or health purpose. We use the term ‘dietary intake assessment’ when we refer to nutrients and other substances that have a nutrition or health purpose. Dietary exposure assessments are a core part of our scientific risk assessment process

Integral to the mathematical modelling we do is our custom built computer program, DIAMOND (DIetAryModelling OfNutritional Data).

Want to know more about dietary exposure assessments or about DIAMOND?

For general information about exposure assessments and DIAMOND, see other information papers on:

Dietary exposure and intake assessments at FSANZ

DIAMOND

National nutrition survey food consumption data

For information on protecting high consumers, see the information paper that explains how we assess ‘high consumers’ of food chemicals and nutrients

For information about the 2006-07 international peer review of our dietary modelling practices, see the review report.

For detailed information about the principles and practices of dietary exposure assessments at FSANZ see our report Principles and Practices of Dietary Exposure Assessment for Food Regulatory Purposes .

For further information on dietary modelling at FSANZ, or about DIAMOND, you can contact us at http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/contactus/contactform.cfm .