Quantitative risk assessment
Determination of the relationship between intake and the probability of an adverse response is difficult with most contaminants because data are lacking
Performed with aflatoxin B1 at the forty-ninth meeting of JECFA in 1997
Although the PTWIs for lead and cadmium were retained by JECFA in 1999 and 2000, risk assessments were performed at these meetings to provide guidance to risk managers on potential risks posed by these heavy metals to at-risk groups