Statement on the potential risk from citrinin in the maternal diet

List of Abbreviations and Technical terms

COT/2025/04

Last updated: 19 December 2025

BMD

Benchmark dose

BMDL

Benchmark dose (lower confidence limit)

BMDL05

the lower 95% confidence bound of the BMDL

bw

Body weight

COT

Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

EFSA

European Food Standards Agency

FSA

Food Standards Agency

GP

General Practitioner

HBGV

Health based guidance value

Ig

Immunoglobulin

LB

Lower bound

LOQ

Limit of quantification

MOE

Margin of exposure

NOAEL

No observed adverse effect level

NVWA

Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority

POD

Point of departure

ppm

Parts per million

RIVM

National Institute for Public Health and Environment

RMR

Red mould rice

RYR

Red yeast rice

SACN

Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition

SCE

Sister chromatid exchange

TDS

Total Diet Study

UB

Upper bound

UF

Uncertainty factor