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

Table 14

TOX/2025/26

Last updated: 09 July 2025

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Table 14: Acute exposure

Acute 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	0.00073	0.0025	0.0011	0.0036
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	1441	0.014	0.037	0.020	0.055
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	98	0.0075	0.019	0.0075	0.019
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	435	0.011	0.032	0.011	0.032
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	1140	0.018	0.056	0.018	0.056
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	1691	0.017	0.084	0.030	0.15
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	338	0.0069	0.022	0.014	0.043
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	389	0.074	0.27	0.23	0.83
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	5	0.011	0.021	0.017	0.031

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	0.0093	0.019	0.014	0.028
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	566	0.016	0.039	0.023	0.057
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	75	0.012	0.032	0.012	0.032
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	125	0.014	0.035	0.014	0.035
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	602	0.017	0.046	0.017	0.046
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	983	0.014	0.057	0.025	0.10
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	379	0.0072	0.020	0.014	0.040
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	70	0.11	0.27	0.34	0.85
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	24	0.011	0.023	0.016	0.034

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	0.0028	0.0070	0.0041	0.010
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	1472	0.0046	0.014	0.0068	0.021
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	530	0.0040	0.010	0.0040	0.010
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	293	0.0040	0.0093	0.0040	0.0093
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	1677	0.0087	0.019	0.0087	0.019
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	2935	0.0038	0.013	0.0067	0.024
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	278	0.0025	0.0052	0.0051	0.010
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	222	0.026	0.050	0.081	0.16
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	135	0.0025	0.0080	0.0037	0.012

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	0.0034	0.0057	0.0050	0.0083
Biscuits, oatmeal	4	8.4	12.5	55	0.0052	0.011	0.0077	0.016
Multigrain bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	33	0.0040	0.0068	0.0040	0.0068
Wheat bread rolls	2	3.1	3.1	10	0.0039	0.0092	0.0039	0.0092
Dried pasta	4	3.1	3.1	64	0.010	0.020	0.010	0.020
Mixed breakfast cereals	3	5.0	8.9	98	0.0045	0.015	0.0079	0.026
Extruded breakfast cereals	4	5.0	10	14	0.0025	0.0045	0.0050	0.0089
Oat porridge	24	11.7	36.1	6	0.039	0.10	0.12	0.32
Plain cereal bars	2	5.9	8.7	2	0.0040	0.0053	0.0060	0.0078

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

*Mean/Max concentration.

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