Table 15.

Dietary exposure to volatile nitrosamines (NDMA + NDEA, expressed in ng/kg bw per day) from processed meat with estimation of MoE* ^, a

NDMA + NDEA	Infants (12 weeks–11 months)	Toddlers (12–35 months)	Children (3–9 years)	Adolescents (10–17 years)	Adults (18–64 years)	The elderly (≥ 65 years)
Mean exposure	0.2–1.4	1.2–3.5	0.3–2.6	0.4–2.1	0.6–1.7	0.5–1.2
MoE	12,800–90,000	5,100–15,000	6,900–60,000	8,600–45,000	10,600–30,000	15,000–36,000
High level exposure	0.5–5.8	5.0–8.3	1.6–7.3	1.4–6.3	1.9–5.1	1.5–3.1
MoE	3,100–36,000	2,200–3,600	2,500–11,200	2,800–12,800	3,500–9,500	5,800–12,000

* Based on a BMDL₁₀ of 0.018 mg/kg bw (for NDEA).

^aMoE are expressed as a range – the lower end of the range relates to upper end of the mean and the high percentile exposures ranges as reported in Table 11 and the higher end of the range relates to lower end of the mean and the high percentile exposures ranges as reported in Table 11.