Table 5.

Qualitative evaluation of influence of uncertainties on the dietary exposure estimate

Sources of uncertainties	Directiona
Consumption data: different methodologies/representativeness/underreporting/misreporting/no portion size standard	+/−
Use of data from food consumption surveys covering only a few days to estimate high percentiles (95th) long‐term (chronic) exposure	+
Concentration data: exposure estimate based on the MPL according to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 MPL considered applicable to all foods within the entire food category 02.2.2, whereas only 0.01% of these foods was labelled with the food additive according to the Mintel's GNPD	+ +
Food categories selected for the exposure assessment: inclusion of foods without knowing the final use of the fat (frying purposes or not)	+
Possible carry‐over from industrial food processing	−

^a+, uncertainty with potential to cause overestimation of exposure; –, uncertainty with potential to cause underestimation of exposure.