ESTIMATING DIETARY INTAKE OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES CONTENTS Background Long-term dietary intake Short-term dietary intake Handling of cases where JMPR estimates of dietary intake exceed the ADI or ARfD

To assess whether the maximum residue level proposed to CCPR, for use as a MRL, provides sufficient consumer safety, available residue data are combined with cultural dietary information to estimate potential residue intake by consumers. The consumer is considered to be adequately protected when estimated dietary intake of pesticide residues does not exceed the acceptable daily intake (ADI) or the acute reference dose (ARfD).