acceptable daily intake

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acceptable daily intake (ADI),

the maximum amount of any substance that can be safely ingested by a human. Ingestion that exceeds this amount may cause toxic effects. This term is usually applied to additives, residues, or chemicals not normally found in foods.

the amount of a drug or chemical residue to which an animal can be exposed daily for a lifetime without suffering a deleterious or injurious effect, on the basis of all of the facts known at the time.

acceptable daily intake

Nutrition An estimate of the amount of a food that a person can ingest daily over a lifetime humans without appreciable health risk, divided by an average person's lifespan. See Tolerable daily intake.

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ADI			Based on their findings, the researchers at Duke suspect that the acceptable daily intake (ADI) for sucralose in humans may be 500 times lower than the FDA recommendations I warned you about this sweetener six years ago--now the news is even ... by Women's Health Letter These figures are used to calculate the acceptable daily intake (ADI) levels for people. Your Life: Dear Miriam - What's all the fuss about food additives? ... by The Mirror (London, England) The hormone levels the EU is concerned about are 50 times less than the acceptable daily intake and they represent a tiny fraction of what occurs naturally in an egg or one glass of milk," it declared. WTO renders decision in beef hormone case between EU, U.S. and Canada by Food & Drink Weekly			ACC accelerant accelerated conduction syndrome accelerated fractionation accelerated hypertension accelerated idiojunctional rhythm accelerated idioventricular rhythm accelerated junctional rhythm accelerated leukemia accelerated phase accelerated respiration acceleration acceleration phase acceleration-deceleration injury accelerator accelerator factor accelerator fiber accelerator globulin accelerator nerve accelerator urinae accelerin accentuation accentuator acceptability acceptability of food acceptable daily intake acceptance acceptance of individuality acceptance of separation acceptance: health status acceptor access access cavity access device Access site access time accessibility accessibility standards accessible accession accessional accessory accessory adrenal Accessory After the Fact accessory canal accessory cephalic vein accessory chromosome accessory diaphragm accessory gland accessory hemiazygos vein accessory ligament			Accept No Verbal Orders Accept on Behalf Of Accept on Zero Accept Operator Input Accept plea deal or not accept responsibility accept responsibility for Accept state Accept state accept the loan of Accept, Believe, Confess Accept/Except Accept/Refuse acceptability acceptability acceptability acceptability Acceptability Advisory Team acceptability of food acceptable acceptable acceptable acceptable acceptable acceptable air quality Acceptable Ambient Concentration Acceptable Ambient Level Acceptable Ambient Limit Acceptable Biological Catch Acceptable Chronic Intake acceptable daily intake acceptable damage Acceptable Data Base Acceptable Deferred Defect Acceptable Effluent Concentration acceptable evidence Acceptable Exposure Limit acceptable face Acceptable Feasible Affordable Sustainable and Safe Acceptable Hazard Rate Acceptable Initial Operating Capability Acceptable Intake for Chronic Exposure Acceptable Intake for Subchronic Exposure Acceptable Intake-Chronic Acceptable Internet Use Policy Acceptable Language Acceptable Level Acceptable Level of Competence Acceptable Level of Performance Acceptable Level of Quality Acceptable Long-Term Exposure Range Acceptable Loss Rate acceptable losses Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges Acceptable Means of Compliance

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