Dietary Exposure Assessments

Intertek provides scientific and regulatory support for assessing food dietary exposure potential risks to human health.

Dietary exposure estimates are an essential component of food additives and feed additive petitions, novel food submissions, GRAS determinations, and food contact material notification as a comparison of the estimated consumption of a substance to the estimated acceptable daily intake or available safety data forms a critical part of the risk assessment process. Accurate intake estimates also are a critical component of health claims submissions as they are required to demonstrate that an efficacious dose can reasonably be consumed on a daily basis by the typical consumer.

Dietary exposure estimates may not be limited only to your proposed food uses. You may also have to consider currently approved uses, natural occurrence, and intake through dietary supplement consumption.

Increasingly, regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions require submissions to include a comprehensive assessment of intake from all sources. An assessment of background intakes can also be an important step in establishing a case of need to help justify the addition of your compounds to foods, as required for some jurisdictions.

Dietary Exposure Assessment Services

Today, a global perspective is essential to gaining approval in multiple markets. Intertek's regulatory and scientific experts understand the food industry's regulatory hurdles and can assist you with the required assessments, documentation and submission requirements. Intertek has the expertise and global resources to successfully support its customers.

Our services include:

• Selection of the most appropriate food uses and representative food codes for your ingredient
• Estimation of dietary exposure based on a range of methodologies and the most up-to-date international food consumption databases
• Estimation of background intakes of food ingredients and nutrients from all sources
• Calculation of theoretical mean and/or percentile dietary exposure estimates based on international regulatory requirements
• Determination of acute and chronic estimates of dietary exposure for all age groups within the total population
• Integration of dietary exposure estimates into safety assessments for product development or regulatory purposes 

Request more information to see how Intertek can help your organization with Dietary Exposure Assessments.