Dietary exposure to cadmium: A recent dietary exposure assessment was performed in 2000 by FSANZ (unpublished). The mean dietary exposure for the whole population was 13–16 per cent of the PTDI and for high consumers was 34–41 per cent. No high consumers of any single frequently consumed food exceed the PTDI. Fish, molluscs and crustaceans did not make a significant contribution (>5%) to the overall dietary cadmium exposure for Australian consumers (fish 1.4%; crustaceans 3.5; oysters 1.4%).
Dietary exposure to cadmium for the median consumer from oysters (occasionally consumed foods) was 52 per cent of PTDI and for mussels was 7.9 per cent for Australian consumers. High consumers of prawns represented 8.8 per cent of the PTDI.
