Update of the risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in food: Occurrence data in food submitted to EFSA and dietary exposure assessment for humans

Annex A – Protocol for the risk assessments for human health related to the presence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in food

The Annex is provided as a separate pdf file containing the risk assessment protocol selected by the CONTAM Panel to update the previous risk assessments of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in food.

Annex B: Occurrence data on HBCDDs in food submitted to EFSA and dietary surveys per country and age group available in the EFSA Comprehensive Database, considered in the exposure assessment

Table B.1 Number of analytical results excluded from the initial dataset during data cleaning, and justification for exclusion

Table B.2 Occurrence values of HBCDDs calculated total (µg/kg) by food category in the final dataset

Table B.3 Food categories of FoodEx and mean LB and UB values as used for the exposure assessment

Table B.4 Dietary surveys and the number of subjects by country and population class, available for the chronic exposure assessment, in the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database

Table B.5 Summary statistics on data reported for HBCDDs total, analysed with GC-MS, not considered for the exposure

Figure B.1 Frequency distribution of the occurrence values for the food categories of interest at the LB without zeros presented on a log 10 scale

Figure B.2 Frequency distribution of the occurrence values for the food categories of interest at the UB presented on a log 10 scale

HBCDDs_Raw_Occurrence_Data.CSV contains the raw occurrence dataset on Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) contaminant as extracted from EFSA DWH in December 2019 on 2530 food samples presented in the opinion as described in its section 3.2.1. Occurrence data submitted to EFSA. The data is provided in .csv format. This dataset is compliant with EFSA SSD model and contains two additional columns documenting issues identified in the cleaning process (column: issue) and the action taken (column: outcome) to address the issue (e.g. delete record or update values in specific fields).

The link to the catalogues of controlled terminologies can be found under "Related identifiers”.

Annex D: Chronic dietary exposure to HBCDDs and the contribution of different food groups to the dietary exposure

Table D.1 Mean chronic dietary exposure (ng/kg b.w. per day) to HBCDDs for total population across European dietary surveys

Table D.2 95th percentile chronic exposures to HBCDDs (ng/kg b.w. per day) for total population for each dietary survey across age classes

Table D.3 Relative contribution (%) of food categories to the LB and UB estimates of dietary exposure to HBCDDs across different age classes, dietary surveys and countries

Table D.4 Relative contribution of food categories to the LB estimates of dietary exposure to HBCDDs and related figure

Table D.5 Relative contribution of food categories to the UB estimates of dietary exposure to HBCDDs and related figure

Annex E – Outcome of the Public consultation on the Update of the risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in food 

The Annex is provided as a separate pdf file contain the outcome of the public consultation of the
draft scientific Opinion, including the comments received and how they were taken into account when
finalising the scientific Opinion