Acceptable daily intake

Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk.[1] ADIs are expressed usually in milligrams (of the substance) per kilograms of body weight per day.[2][3]

  1. ^ WHO (1987). "Principles for the safety assessment of food additives and contaminants in food". Environmental Health Criteria 70.
  2. ^ Lu, Frank C.; Sam Kacew (2002). Lu's Basic Toxicology: Fundamentals, Target Organs and Risk Assessment. Taylor & Francis. p. 364. ISBN 0-415-24855-8.
  3. ^ Faustman, Elaine M.; Omenn, Gilbert S. (2001). "Risk assessment". In Klaassen, Curtis D. (ed.). Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 92–4. ISBN 978-0-07-134721-1.