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Safety evaluation of dithiocarbamate residues in cardamom and black pepper
| Spice | Average incidence (mg/kg) | Consumption (kg/person/day)a | ADI (mg/kg) |
MPI (mg/person/ day)b |
TMDI (mg/person/ day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardamom | 0.09 (n = 26) | 0.0038 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.00034 |
| Black pepper | 0.13 (n = 11) | 0.0140 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.00178 |
aTaken from [30], median quantity of spice intake per day
bADI multiplied by average body weight of a child, taken as 16 kg
