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Chemical Hazards Chemical Hazards GEMS/Food Databases and GEMS/Food Databases and GEMS/Food Databases and in the Food Supply in the Food Supply Total Diet Studies Total Diet Studies Total Diet Studies Vehicle emission Crops Dr Gerald G. Moy Processing GEMS/Food Manager Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases Agricultural practices World Health Organization Retail Cooking Livestock Geneva, Switzerland Animal Feed Storage Seafood Industrial emissions Distribution and effluents WHO and Chemicals in Food RISK ANALYSIS PARADIGM RISK ANALYSIS PARADIGM WHO and Chemicals in Food Risk Communication Risk Risk Characterization Evaluation WHO Constitution (1948) WHO Constitution (1948) Mandate to develop, establish and promote international standards with Mandate to develop, establish and promote international standard s with Option respect to food Assessment respect to food Hazard Exposure Characteri- Assessment Risk zation Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (1956) Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (1956) Option Management Implementation International risk assessment of chemicals in food International risk assessment of chemicals in food Risk Assessment Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (1963) Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (1963) Monitoring and International risk management through standards development International risk management through standards development Review Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Policy SPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization (1995) SPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization (1995) Recognizes Codex standards and the primacy of risk assessment as Recognizes Codex standards and the primacy of risk assessment as the the basis for health and safety requirements for food basis for health and safety requirements for food Consumers, Industry and Other Interest Parties Risk Communication Risk Communication Risk Risk Risk Risk Characterization Evaluation Characterization Evaluation Option Option Assessment Assessment Hazard Hazard Exposure Exposure Characteri- Characteri- Assessment Risk Assessment Risk zation zation Option Option Management Management Implementation Implementation Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Monitoring and Monitoring and Review Review Hazard Identification Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Policy Risk Assessment Policy Consumers, Industry and Consumers, Industry and Other Interest Parties Other Interest Parties

Risk Communication Risk Communication Risk Risk Risk Risk Characterization Evaluation Characterization Evaluation Option Option Assessment Assessment Hazard Hazard Exposure Exposure Characteri- Characteri- Risk Risk Assessment Assessment zation zation Option Option Management Management Implementation Implementation Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Monitoring and Monitoring and Review Review Hazard Identification Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Policy Risk Assessment Policy Consumers, Industry and Consumers, Industry and Other Interest Parties Other Interest Parties Objectives of GEMS/Food Objectives of GEMS/Food Objectives of GEMS/Food GEMS/Food Network GEMS/Food Network GEMS/Food Network � Compile data on food contamination and Compile data on food contamination and � human exposure for global synthesis, human exposure for global synthesis, � WHO Collaborating Centres WHO Collaborating Centres evaluation and presentation evaluation and presentation � � National Contact Points National Contact Points � � Promote and support health Promote and support health- -oriented, oriented, � � Participating Institutions Participating Institutions � population- population -based studies on exposure to based studies on exposure to � Other international bodies and NGOs Other international bodies and NGOs � contaminants of public health significance contaminants of public health significance GEMS/Food Priorities GEMS/Food Priorities Pesticides Pesticides Priorities of GEMS/Food Priorities of GEMS/Food � Diazinon Diazinon � Aldrin/dieldrin Aldrin/dieldrin � � � Pesticide residues Pesticide residues � Fenitrothion Fenitrothion � � DDT DDT � � � Malathion Malathion � Heavy metals Heavy metals � Endosulfan Endosulfan � � � � Parathion Parathion � Endrin Endrin � � � Industrial pollutants Industrial pollutants � � Methyl parathion Methyl parathion � Hexachlorcylohexane Hexachlorcylohexane � � � Naturally occurring toxicants Naturally occurring toxicants � DTC DTC � � Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorobenzene � � � Heptachlor Heptachlor �

GEMS/Food Priorities GEMS/Food Priorities GEMS/Food Priorities GEMS/Food Priorities Heavy metals Industrial Pollutants Heavy metals Industrial Pollutants � Cadmium Cadmium � Polychlorinated Biphenyls Polychlorinated Biphenyls � � � Lead Lead � Dioxins Dioxins � � � Methylmercury Methylmercury � Dibenzofurans Dibenzofurans � � � Inorganic Arsenic Inorganic Arsenic � Codex Alimentarius Commission Codex Alimentarius Commission GEMS/Food Priorities GEMS/Food Priorities Naturally Occurring Toxicants Naturally Occurring Toxicants Codex Committee on Food Additives Codex Committee on Food Additives Codex Committee on Contaminants Codex Committee on Contaminants � Aflatoxins Aflatoxins � Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food � Patulin Patulin � Additives Additives � Fumonisin Fumonisin B B 1 � 1 � Ochratoxin Ochratoxin A A � Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues � Acrylamide Acrylamide � Joint FAO/WHO Meetings on Pesticide Residues Joint FAO/WHO Meetings on Pesticide Residues Exposure Assessment Exposure Assessment Dietary Exposure = C x F Dietary Exposure = C x F C = Concentration of food chemical C = Concentration of food chemical F = Amount of food consumed F = Amount of food consumed

GEMS/Food OPALs GEMS/Food OPALs GEMS/Food Databases Operating Programmes for Operating Programmes for Analytical Laboratories Analytical Laboratories � OPAL I OPAL I Chemical Chemical Contaminants in Contaminants in Foods Foods � � Stand alone systems based on MS Stand alone systems based on MS- - � –Aggregated – Aggregated and and Individual Individual Data Data ACCESS ACCESS � Data Collection at National Level Data Collection at National Level � � OPAL II OPAL II Chemical Chemical Contaminants Contaminants � � Provides analytical tools Provides analytical tools � in Total Diet in Total Diet � Export/Import functions Export/Import functions � � English, French and Spanish versions English, French and Spanish versions � GEMS/Food Global Configuration GEMS/Food Global Configuration GEMS/Food Global Configuration GEMS/Food Global Configuration National Collections National Collections (OPAL or electronic (OPAL or electronic transformation) transformation) WHO/HQ WHO/HQ Central Database Central Database Literature and national reports (manual entry) GEMS/Food Global Configuration GEMS/Food Global Configuration GEMS/Food Global Configuration GEMS/Food Global Configuration National Collections National Collections (OPAL or electronic (OPAL or electronic Codex, JECFA, Codex, JECFA, transformation) transformation) JMPR, other JMPR, other WHO/HQ WHO/HQ users users Central Database Central Database WHO/SIGHT Literature and national Literature and national Dissemination reports (manual entry) reports (manual entry) via WWW

Contents of Database Contents of Database Contents of Database Individual Data Individual Data Chemical Contaminants in Chemical Contaminants in Foods Foods • • 55 000 Entries 55 000 Entries • 5 Countries • 5 Countries Aggregated Data Data Aggregated • • 321 321 Foods Foods • 55 Contaminants • 55 Contaminants • 75 000 Entries • 75 000 Entries Acrylamide Acrylamide Data Data • 47 Countries • 47 Countries • • 1 300 Entries 1 300 Entries • 503 • 503 Foods Foods • • 4 Countries 4 Countries • 238 Contaminants • 238 Contaminants • • 649 649 Foods Foods Contents of Database GEMS/Food Database Total Diet Diet Studies Studies Total Dissemination of Data Dissemination of Data • 3 700 Entries on 3 700 Entries on dietary dietary exposure exposure • WHO Food Safety Safety Home Page Home Page WHO Food • 29 Countries 29 Countries • � http://www.who.int/foodsafety/chem/ http://www.who.int/foodsafety/chem/ � • 200 Contaminants • 200 Contaminants JIFSAN JIFSAN Acrylamide Acrylamide � http://www.acrylamide http://www.acrylamide- -food.org/ food.org/ �

Other GEMS/Food Databases � GEMS/Food GEMS/Food Consumption Consumption Cluster Cluster Diets Diets � Third WHO- -Coordinated Study Coordinated Study Third WHO Other GEMS/Food Databases 2000- -2002 2002 2000 � Persistent Organic Pollutants Persistent Organic Pollutants � in Human Milk in Human Milk