2020 Technical Presentation: Exposure-based Screening Tool for Contaminants in Spices
This presentation was provided at the 2020 Annual Online The presenter, Exponent Inc, presented a webinar on an exposure-based screening tool for contaminants in spices, including a brief overview of the risk characterization framework and a dietary exposure assessment, a description of the screening tool including objective, approach, framework, and data, and a tool demonstration (lead in cinnamon/cassia as a case study).
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