Table 5.

Patulin exposure estimates of different age groups at various countries (Marin et al., 2013).

Country	Sample type	Number of samples tested	Population group	Exposure estimates (ng/Kg bw/day)	References
Belgium	Apple juice	177	Children	9–72	(Baert et al., 2007)
Italy	Apple-based product	169	Adolescents	1–14	(Piemontese et al., 2005)
France	Composites	20	Children	29–106	(Leblanc et al., 2005)
France	Composites	83	Children	1–97	(Sirot et al., 2013)
Netherlands	Apple-based product	-	Infants	17–307	(Brandon et al., 2012)
Catalonia (Spain)	Apple-based product	384	Infants	8–22	(Cano-Sancho et al., 2009)
Spain	Apple juice	100	Children	155	(Murillo-Arbizu et al., 2009)
South Africa	Apple juice	30	Children	1–37	(Shephard et al., 2010)
Sweden	Apple-based product	100	Children	5–24	(Thuvander et al., 2001)