Total Diet Studies

Part 1. Conducting Total Diet Studies.-Total diet studies: What they are and why they are important.-The origin of total diet studies.-Risk analysis paradigm and total diet studies.-Overview of dietary exposure.-Scope, planning and practicalities of a total diet study.-Preparing a food list for a total diet study.-Selecting chemicals for a total diet study.-Preparing a procedures manual for a total diet study.-Food sampling and preparation in a total diet study.-Analyzing food samples: Organic chemicals.-Analyzing food samples: Inorganic chemicals.-Analyzing food samples: Radionuclides.-Quality control and assurance issues relating to sampling and analysis in a total diet study.-Commercial analytical laboratories: Tendering, selecting, contracting and managing performance.-Managing Concentration Data: Validation, security and interpretation.-Reporting and modelling of results below the limit of detection.-Dietary exposure assessment in a total diet study.-Addressing uncertainty and variability in total diet studies.-Communicating results in a total diet study.-Part 2. Experiences in Total Diet Studies.-The Australian experience in total diet studies.-Total diet study in Cameroon: A sub-Sahara African perspective.-Canadian total diet study experiences.-The Chinese experience in total diet studies.-The first total diet study in Hong Kong, China.-Experiences in total diet studies in the Czech Republic.-The present and future use of total diet studies by the European Food Safety Authority.-The first total diet study in Fiji.-The French total diet studies.-Total diet studies in the Indian context.-Experiences in total diet studies in Indonesia.-Total diet studies in Japan, Fujio Kayama.-Total diet studies in the Republic of Korea.-Dietary exposure to heavy metals and radionuclides in Lebanon.-The Malaysian experience in a total diet study.-New Zealand's experience in total diet studies.-Experiences in total diet studies in Spain.-Total diet study in the Basque Country, Spain.-Total diet studies in Catalonia, Spain.-Total diet studies in Sweden: Monitoring dietary exposure to persistent organic pollutants by a marketbasket approach.-Total diet studies: United Kingdom's experience.-United States Food and Drug Administration's total diet study program.-Part 3. Special Topics in Total Diet Studies.-GEMS/Food and total diet studies.-GEMS/Food Consumption Cluster Diets.-Food mapping in a total diet study.-Automated programs for calculating dietary exposure.-OPAL: A program to manage date on chemicals in food and the diet.-Involving and influencing key stakeholders and interest groups on a total diet study.-Linking nutrition surveys with total diet studies.-Emerging chemical contaminants in total diet studies in China.-Using total diet studies to assess acrylamide exposure.-Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in food in Australia: An additional use of the Australian Total Diet Study.-Risk assessment and management interface: Example of methylmercury in fish.-The German approach to estimating dietary exposures using food monitoring data.-Total diet studies for infants: Example of persistent organic pollutants in human milk.

Gerald G. Moy: Formerly a scientist with the World Health Organization, Dr. Gerald Moy was responsible for the exposure assessment of chemical hazards and coordinated total diet studies at the international level through a network of WHO Collaborating Centers. Although retired, he remains active as a food safety adviser to the World Food Program, the Chinese National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, the WHO Interdepartmental Mass Gatherings Group and the International Union of Food Science and Technology.

Richard W. Vannoort: A senior scientist with the Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd (ESR), Dr Richard Vannoort has been the scientific project leader of the last five New Zealand Total Diet Surveys. He is a leading international Total Diet Study expert and has been Technical adviser to the World Health Organization on TDSs, and other countries on numerous occasions, including international consultancies.