Skip to main content
. 2018 Nov 29;6:34–41. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2018.11.012

Table 2.

Daily intakes of the various food products in Ghana.

Food Sample Daily Intake (Kg/person/day) References
i) Rice 0.07- 0.175 (adults)
0.920 (infants)
Galbete et al [27],
Regasa et al [28]
Asare-Boadu and Syme [29]
[30]
ii) Cereal based food 0.920 (infants)
0.267 (0.2-0.333) (6-8mths old)
0.40 (0.3-0.5) (9-11mths old)
0.73(0.55-0.917)(12-23mths old)
0.12 (adults)
[30]
[31], Abeshu et al [32]
Galbete et al. (2016)
iii) Pasta 0.175 (adults)
0.09 (infants)
Galbete et al. (2016)