Table 8.

Exposure assessment of the Lebanese consumers to penicillin through consumption of beef.

Variables	Meat consumption (kg)	Residue level (μg penicillin/kg)	EDI (μg/kg bw/day)	%ADI
Tier 1	0.530	50	26.5	88.3
Tier 2	0.191	50	9.6	31.9
Tier 3	0.191	8.9	1.7	5.7
Male	0.240	50	12.0	39.9
Single	0.214	50	10.7	35.7
Obese	0.241	50	12.1	40.2
Household monthly income<999,000	0.236	50	11.8	39.3

EDI=Effective drought index, ADI=Acceptable daily intake