Table 3.

Estimated dietary intake for Pb, Cd, Hg (μg kg⁻¹ body weight) and for Zn, Cu (mg day⁻¹) and Cr (μg day⁻¹) through pork meat products consumption for total population and children plus food standards (% PTWI, PTMI and RDA)

	Total population
Meat products	Pb		Cd		Hg		Zn		Cu		Cr
	EDIa	% PTWIb	EDI	% PTMIc	EDI	% PTWI	EDI	% RDAd	EDI	% RDA	EDI	% RDA
Baked ham	0.09	2.5	0.005	0.6	0.005	0.8	0.16	1.5 (m); 1.8 (w)	0.03	3.3	4.03	11.5 (m); 16.1 (w)
Raw ham	0.11	3.1	0.004	0.5	0.005	0.8	0.15	1.4 (m); 1.7 (w)	0.03	3.3	5.05	14.4 (m); 20.2 (w)
Mortadella	0.13	3.6	0.01	1.2	0.01	1.4	0.16	1.5 (m); 1.8 (w)	0.03	3.3	5.29	15.1 (m); 21.2 (w)
Cured sausage	0.13	3.6	0.01	1.2	0.01	1.4	0.16	1.5 (m); 1.8 (w)	0.03	3.3	5.88	16.8 (m); 23.5 (w)
Würstel	0.15	4.2	0.01	1.2	0.01	1.4	0.17	1.5 (m); 1.9 (w)	0.03	3.3	6.11	17.5 (m); 24.4 (w)
Salami	0.11	3.1	0.01	1.2	0.01	1.4	0.20	1.8 (m); 2.2 (w)	0.03	3.3	5.43	15.5 (m); 21.7 (w)
	Children
Baked ham	0.20	5.6	0.01	1.2	0.01	1.4	0.14	2.8	0.03	6.8	3.48	23.2
Raw ham	0.27	7.6	0.01	1.2	0.01	1.4	0.13	2.6	0.03	6.8	4.35	29.0
Mortadella	0.30	8.4	0.02	2.4	0.02	2.8	0.14	2.8	0.03	6.8	4.57	30.5
Cured sausage	0.31	8.7	0.02	2.4	0.01	1.4	0.14	2.8	0.03	6.8	5.27	35.1
Würstel	0.34	9.5	0.02	2.4	0.02	2.8	0.14	2.8	0.03	6.8	5.07	33.8
Salami	0.26	7.3	0.02	2.4	0.01	1.4	0.17	3.4	0.03	6.8	4.68	31.2

m men; w women

^aEDI Estimated daily intake; ^bPTWI provisional tolerable weekly intake (Pb: 25 μg g⁻¹ body weight; THg: 5.0 μg g⁻¹ body weight) [36]; ^cPTMI provisional tolerable monthly intake (Cd: 25 μg g⁻¹ body weight) [71]; ^dRDA recommended daily allowance [39] (Zn: men 11 and women 9 mg day⁻¹; Cu: 0.9 mg day⁻¹; Cr: men 35 and women 25 μg day⁻¹)