Annex B to TOX/2025/26 - First draft statement on the risk for T-2 and HT-2 mycotoxins in food

Table 13

TOX/2025/26

Last updated: 09 July 2025

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Table 13: Chronic exposure

Chronic exposure to T-2 from RTE products from DNSIYC and NDNS years 1-11 consumption data and occurrence data collected from the FSA call.

Infants (4-18 months) (n=2683)

Food groups	Count of T-2 data call samples (n)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (mean)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (max)	Consumers (n)	Mean; Mean*	Mean; P97.5*	Max; Mean*	Max; P97.5*
Plain muesli	3	4.0	5.9	91	0.00030	0.0010	0.00043	0.0015
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	1441	0.0059	0.020	0.0088	0.030
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	98	0.0027	0.0081	0.0027	0.0081
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	435	0.0050	0.018	0.0050	0.018
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	1140	0.0056	0.020	0.0056	0.020
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	1691	0.0095	0.036	0.017	0.064
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	338	0.0029	0.010	0.0057	0.020
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	389	0.033	0.17	0.10	0.51
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	5	0.0038	0.0056	0.0056	0.0082

Toddlers (1.5-3 years) (n=1157)

Food groups	Count of T-2 data call samples (n)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (mean)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (max)	Consumers (n)	Mean; Mean*	Mean; P97.5*	Max; Mean*	Max; P97.5*
Plain muesli	3	4.0	5.9	14	0.0043	0.0076	0.0062	0.011
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	566	0.0058	0.018	0.0086	0.027
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	75	0.0053	0.019	0.0053	0.019
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	125	0.0063	0.021	0.0063	0.021
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	602	0.0055	0.016	0.0055	0.016
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	983	0.0077	0.033	0.014	0.058
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	379	0.0032	0.010	0.0064	0.020
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	70	0.038	0.14	0.12	0.42
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	24	0.0032	0.0066	0.0046	0.0097

Adults (19-64 years) (n=5094)

Food groups	Count of T-2 data call samples (n)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (mean)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (max)	Consumers (n)	Mean; Mean*	Mean; P97.5*	Max; Mean*	Max; P97.5*
Plain muesli	3	4.0	5.9	211	0.0015	0.0049	0.0022	0.0072
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	1472	0.0017	0.0059	0.0025	0.0088
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	530	0.0018	0.0051	0.0018	0.0051
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	293	0.0017	0.0055	0.0017	0.0055
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	1677	0.0027	0.0075	0.0027	0.0075
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	2935	0.0021	0.0078	0.0037	0.014
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	278	0.0011	0.0031	0.0022	0.0062
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	222	0.012	0.036	0.038	0.11
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	135	0.00098	0.0031	0.0014	0.0046

Adult Vegetarians / Vegans (19-64 years) (n=170)

Food groups	Count of T-2 data call samples (n)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (mean)	T-2 concentration µg/kg (max)	Consumers (n)	Mean; Mean*	Mean; P97.5*	Max; Mean*	Max; P97.5*
Plain muesli	3	4.0	5.9	11	0.0016	0.0032	0.0023	0.0047
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	55	0.0018	0.0041	0.0026	0.0060
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	33	0.0020	0.0046	0.0020	0.0046
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	10	0.0013	0.0033	0.0013	0.0033
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	64	0.0035	0.010	0.0035	0.010
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	98	0.0023	0.0058	0.0041	0.010
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	14	0.0010	0.0021	0.0020	0.0042
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	6	0.016	0.052	0.050	0.16
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	2	0.0015	0.0016	0.0022	0.0024

Exposure estimates have been rounded to 2 significant figures; concentrations have been rounded to one decimal place.

*Mean/Max concentration.

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