Table 4.

Mean chronic dietary exposure to ‘aflatoxin total’ from peanuts, peanut butter and processed products thereof (consumers only) expressed in ng/kg bw per day across European dietary surveys, assuming two different scenarios

Age classa	Scenario	N	Mean dietary exposure (ng/kg bw per day)b
			Minimumc		Medianc		Maximumc
			LB	UB	LB	UB	LB	UB
Infants	Current ML	2	0.04	0.05	0.16	0.21	0.27	0.36
	Increased ML	2	0.07	0.08	0.28	0.32	0.48	0.56
Toddlers	Current ML	5	0.39	0.51	0.70	0.94	1.27	1.66
	Increased ML	5	0.68	0.80	1.22	1.46	2.22	2.59
Other children	Current ML	16	0.30	0.40	0.81	1.07	1.69	2.27
	Increased ML	16	0.53	0.63	1.42	1.67	2.95	3.53
Adolescents	Current ML	14	0.13	0.18	0.52	0.69	2.06	2.74
	Increased ML	14	0.23	0.28	0.91	1.07	3.61	4.28
Adults	Current ML	17	0.16	0.21	0.50	0.67	1.25	1.68
	Increased ML	17	0.28	0.33	0.88	1.05	2.19	2.63
Elderly	Current ML	12	0.07	0.10	0.34	0.46	0.74	0.99
	Increased ML	12	0.13	0.15	0.60	0.71	1.29	1.54
Very elderly	Current ML	4	0.21	0.28	0.36	0.47	0.73	0.97
	Increased ML	4	0.37	0.44	0.62	0.74	1.27	1.52

bw: body weight; LB: lower bound; ML: maximum level; N: number of surveys; UB: upper bound.

^aSection 2.4 describes the age range within each age class.

^bThe mean estimates obtained on dietary surveys/age classes with less than five observations (consumers) may not be statistically robust (EFSA, 2011a). Those estimates were not included in this table.

^cEstimates were rounded to two decimal places.