Patulin in Apple Juice, Apple Juice Concentrates and Apple Juice Products
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/NaturalToxins/ucm212520.htm
I. Introduction
Patulin is a mycotoxin that is produced by certain species of Penicillium, Aspergillus and Byssochylamys
molds that may grow on a variety of foods including fruit, grains, and
cheese. Patulin has been found to occur in a number of foods including
apple juice, apples and pears with brown rot (Harwig et al. 1973, Brain
et al. 1956), flour (Hasseltine and Graves, 1966), and malt feed (Ukai
et al. 1954). However, given the nature of the food, the manufacturing
processes, or consumption practices for many foods, patulin does not
appear to pose a safety concern, with the exception of apple juice
(Fritz, 1981). For instance, the rotten portions of most fruits and
grains typically are removed prior to consumption. In foods such as
cheese, the high cysteine content of the food interacts with patulin to
render it inactive (Ciegler et al., 1977). Patulin is reported to be
destroyed by fermentation and thus is not found in either alcoholic
fruit beverages or vinegars produced from fruit juices. Thermal
processing appears to cause only moderate reductions in patulin levels,
thus patulin present in apple juice will survive the pasteurization
processes (IARC 1986, WHO 1990, Harrison 1989, McKinley and Carlton,
1991).
In this supporting document, FDA presents the scientific information
and the risk management considerations it took into account in arriving
at the 50 µg/kg action level which is part of the CPG.
II. Safety Assessment and Risk Management for Patulin
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Synopsis
FDA employed the "safety assessment" method as the risk
assessment approach for considering the available safety data on
patulin. FDA used the outcome of the safety assessment to evaluate
whether processors should implement controls for patulin in apple juice,
and to identify a level, (i.e., an "action level") at which FDA would
consider taking legal action against apple juice products bearing
patulin under Section 402(a)(1) of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic
Act, which states that a food is "adulterated" if it bears or contains
an added poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it
injurious to health.
The safety assessment method, originally described in a 1954 paper by Lehman and Fitzhugh (Lehman and Fitzhugh, 1954), introduced the use of 10-fold safety factors, which later also became known as "uncertainty factors," in assessing the safety of substances, e.g. contaminants, in food. Lehman and Fitzhugh described the application of the 10-fold safety/uncertainty factors as useful for establishing a "target" margin of safety. However, they concluded there were no scientific or mathematical means by which absolute values for these factors could be derived. Over the years these factors have been used routinely both in the U.S. and internationally to ensure an adequate margin of safety (WHO, 1987).
Typically, for a contaminant in a food such as apple juice, where there is a potential for chronic exposure to the contaminant, FDA would determine the exposure level that would ensure an adequate safety margin from known adverse effects by applying two 10-fold safety factors (equating to a 100-fold safety factor) to the "no observed adverse effect level" (NOAEL) from lifetime animal feeding studies. One safety factor accounts for the extrapolation from animal data to humans (i.e., interspecies variation), and the second accounts for variation in sensitivity to the contaminant's effects within humans (i.e., intraspecies variation). This calculation yields a provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) or provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) for the contaminant.
An action level may be identified by calculating a maximum level for the contaminant in the food that would ensure that exposure to the contaminant results in an acceptable margin of safety, considering the PTDI or PTWI.
In deriving the action level for patulin, FDA considered consumption of apple juice by consumers of all ages who drink apple juice, and by consumers who drink apple juice among small children in two age categories, children less than one year old and children 1-2 years old. FDA considered the two age categories for small children because small children consume higher amounts of apple juice relative to their body weight than other age groups. Older children, e.g., 2-10 year olds, were not included as a separate group in FDA's assessment because consumption of apple juice on a "relative to body weight" basis declines substantially after age two. Therefore, there are no special risk considerations affecting older children that would need to be taken into account in a safety assessment.
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Reviews of Toxicity Data; NOAEL
Patulin toxicity data are reviewed in detail in: "IARC Monographs
on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans"
(IARC, 1986) and "Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and
contaminants" (WHO, 1990). In addition to considering these reviews,
FDA independently reviewed the available information on patulin toxicity
(FDA Memorandum, 1994).
FDA's review found that the toxicological studies on patulin demonstrate that patulin is toxic upon repeated administration of oral doses around 1.5 mg/kg body weight (bw), which caused premature death in rats (Becci et al., 1981). Studies have not demonstrated convincing evidence of carcinogenicity or of germ cell mutagenic potential. The studies demonstrate that feto- or embryotoxic effects in rodents occurred only after administration of patulin doses that were also overtly toxic to the mothers. The studies demonstrate that immunotoxic effects are associated only with patulin doses that are much higher than those to which humans are exposed (Llewellyn et al., 1998).
The NOAEL for patulin was derived from a 109 week feeding study (Becci, et al. (1981)) in which doses of 0.0, 0.1, 0.5, and 1.5 mg/kg bw, were administered to both male and female rats three days per week by gastric intubation. Patulin at the high dose level caused a significant increase, compared to controls, in the mortality rate in both sexes. These effects could have resulted from the mechanics of repeated intubation.
No adverse effects were observed in the group receiving the lowest dose level, i.e., 0.1 mg/kg bw three times per week. That group received a cumulative weekly dose of 0.3 mg/kg bw, which is the NOAEL FDA used in its safety assessment.
Generally, safety experts consider animal studies to be appropriate models for assessing potential adverse effects in humans. However, animal studies that demonstrate adverse effects would not be used in assessing potential human health effects if it was established by mechanistic or other studies that the toxic effects observed in animals would not occur in humans. FDA is not aware of any toxicological data that would suggest that the effects observed in the study of Becci, et al. will not occur in humans at some level of exposure to patulin. Therefore, based upon adverse effects due to patulin in animal studies, FDA believes that humans may be at risk of harm at some level of exposure to patulin.
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Provisional Tolerable Daily Intake
After its own independent evaluation of the data, FDA concurs with the PTDI for patulin, which was established at the 44th
meeting of the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) in
1995. JECFA is an international organization that provides science -
based toxicological evaluations of food additives and contaminants and
advises the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Chemical Contaminants
on risk assessment of substances of interest to that committee. JECFA
originally had established a PTWI for patulin at its 35th
meeting in 1990. JECFA subsequently took into account the fact that most
of the patulin ingested by rats is eliminated within 48 hours. The
absence of accumulation ultimately led JECFA to establish a maximum
provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) of 0.43 µg/kg bw per day. The
PTDI is derived from the NOAEL for patulin from the Becci study, i.e.
0.3 mg/kg bw per week. That weekly intake is converted to a daily intake
by dividing it by 7, and that result is divided by 100 to apply the two
10-fold safety factors to arrive at the PTDI, as follows:
- 0.3 mg/kg bw per week divided by 7 = 0.043 mg/kg bw per day
- 0.043 mg/kg bw per day divided by 100 (safety factor) = 0.00043 mg/kg bw per day, or 0.43 µg/kg bw per day, which is the PTDI.
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Assessment of exposure to patulin versus PTDI
Two exposure assessments were calculated, FDA's initial
assessment and a revised assessment that was carried out after FDA's
Food Advisory Committee reviewed the scientific information supporting
an action level for patulin, as discussed below.
In evaluating the estimated exposure to patulin with respect to the PTDI, FDA considered the estimated exposure to patulin for apple juice drinkers of "all ages" and for apple juice drinkers among small children in two age categories, children less than one year old, and children 1-2 years old. The interpretation of the exposure estimates for the various age categories with respect to the PTDI is discussed below in section 4 B., "Revised assessment."
To estimate exposure to a dietary contaminant, FDA must obtain intake (consumption) data for the food bearing the contaminant and data on the occurrence level for the contaminant in that food. If age specific intake data are available, exposure may be calculated for specific age groups, as was done in this instance.
In making both sets of estimates, the FDA used a probabilistic modeling method known as a "Monte Carlo analysis" to estimate patulin exposure (Rubinstein, 1981). Monte Carlo simulations can be used to evaluate models in which one or more inputs (in this case, food intakes and patulin levels) can be defined by a distribution of values. A Monte Carlo simulation takes a random value from the distribution of possible values for the input, uses that value in calculating the outcome of the model, stores the result, and then repeats the procedure a determined number of times (iterations) using new random values of the input taken from the distribution for each iteration. The resulting output from this procedure (e.g., exposures) is a range of possible outcomes for the model. A probability distribution function can be prepared from the range and can be used to estimate exposures (typically mean and/or 90th percentile) to substances in the diet. It should be stressed, however, that the model FDA used assumes that food choices are random, which might not be appropriate for a "visible" additive, such as a high-intensity sweetener.
The availability of distributions of food intakes, patulin levels in apple juice and apple juice containing products, and survey information evaluating the percentage of eaters of each food in the population, as well as the invisibility of patulin in food, enable the use of Monte Carlo modeling for evaluating patulin exposure.
The juice intake data used to calculate exposure were taken from the 1994-1996 United States Department of Agriculture Nationwide Food Consumption Survey (category: Apple Juice Specified as an Ingredient). This category encompasses apple juice intake as pure juice, as well as apple juice as an ingredient in juice blends and other foods. The food consumption data are based on 2 day food consumption surveys of consumers, which are very short survey times that result in overestimation of actual long-term consumption. Long-term food consumption surveys would be most appropriate to use considering that the PTDI was based upon a lifetime animal bioassay. However, since long-term consumption data are seldom available, the 90th percentile exposure from short term food consumption surveys usually are used, and this approach is considered by experts to be a conservative approach that ensures that an appropriate degree of protection is obtained in the safety assessment.
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Initial assessment
Patulin occurrence data were taken from 2977 samples of apple
juice analyzed for patulin levels. The majority of the samples were
commercial samples taken from lots of bulk juice and analyzed privately
for the industry, and the results were made available to FDA. Such
analyses typically are performed by industry to determine the
acceptability of a lot of juice offered by the supplier. The remaining
samples were collected and analyzed by FDA as part of its monitoring and
enforcement activities.
The patulin level inputs were taken from patulin occurrence data in apple juice that were categorized into groups with ranges of <5 100-199="" 200-500="" 5-49="" 50-99="" and="">500 µg/kg. For each iteration during the Monte Carlo analysis, a patulin group first was selected from one of these groups based on the frequency of samples in each group. After a group was selected, a patulin value was calculated by the computer based upon the assumption that the patulin values would be distributed uniformly about the mid-value of each range. FDA used this approach because at the time we conducted the initial assessment, we did not have the actual measured patulin levels for many of the apple juice samples tested for industry. Rather, much of the industry data originally were reported to FDA as categorized data, i.e. the number of samples with patulin levels within the above ranges.5>
Tables 1 and 2 present the estimated exposures to patulin (Apple juice intakes are expressed as grams per person per day; Patulin exposures are expressed as µg/kg bw per day; Mean body weights used in the calculations are 8 kg for <1 1-2="" 12="" 1974="" 64="" ages="" all="" and="" for="" group="" kg="" ohnson="" olds="" p="" the="" year=""> The estimated patulin exposures shown in Table 1 were calculated using patulin levels from all 2977 apple juice samples. Industry sources have informed FDA that the samples analyzed by industry include many commercial lots that were rejected by the importers for excessive patulin. Thus, the estimated patulin exposures presented in Table 1 likely exaggerate actual patulin exposures and reflect upper bound potential exposures if processors exercise no controls for patulin. In Table 2, the 545 samples with a patulin level greater than 50 µg/kg were excluded from the Monte Carlo simulation to represent the expected impact on exposure of processors implementing controls for patulin to limit its occurrence in accord with the level set out in the guidance.
Table 1: No Juice Samples Excluded Age Group Mean Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)Mean Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)90th Percentile Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)90th Percentile Apple Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)All ages 200 0.094 250 0.22 1-2 years 216 0.58 434 1.3 <1 td="" year=""> 128 0.50 372 1.1 1>Table 2: Juice Samples with Patulin Levels > 50 µg/kg Excluded Age Group Mean Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)Mean Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)90th Percentile Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)90th Percentile Apple Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)All ages 200 0.031 250 0.078 1-2 years 216 0.17 434 0.42 <1 td="" year=""> 128 0.13 372 0.38 1>
The results in Table 2 indicate that if processors implement controls for patulin at the 50 µg/kg level, the estimated 90th percentile patulin exposure for all the age groups considered would not exceed the PTDI of 0.43 µg/kg bw per day. In fact, the exposure for apple juice consumers of all ages would be 5-fold less than the PTDI, providing a 500-fold safety factor (considering the PTDI incorporates a 100-fold safety factor) for lifetime consumption. Exposure would be slightly below the PTDI for children under 1 year of age, and essentially at the PTDI for 1-2 year old children, meaning that at least a 100-fold safety factor would exist for children in these age categories under this assessment.
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Revised assessment
FDA presented the above scientific information supporting the
establishment of an action level for patulin to its Food Advisory
Committee (FAC) in June 1999 (see discussion below). In response to
comments made by some members of the FAC, FDA subsequently carried out a
revised assessment of exposure to patulin to ensure the best possible
assessment of exposure to patulin.
FDA subsequently obtained the measured patulin levels for 2647 apple juice samples, including many of the 2977 samples considered in the initial assessment and also some more recently analyzed samples. In addition, industry provided the patulin results for 118 samples of apple juice intended for infants. In the revised assessment, the Monte Carlo calculations were based upon the actual values for patulin in the 2647 samples for the "all ages" group and the 1-2 year old group. For each iteration, an actual patulin value was selected from the sample population. For the <1 3="" 4.="" 71="" a="" analysis="" and="" apple="" are="" assessment="" available="" data="" detailed="" determined="" for="" from="" group="" in="" infants.="" infants="" intake="" intended="" juice="" large="" of="" old="" p="" population="" presented="" receive="" remainder="" results="" revised="" sample="" selected="" simulation="" tables="" that="" the="" therefore="" these="" this="" time.="" time="" year="">Table 3: No Juice Samples Excluded Age Group Mean Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)Mean Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)90th Percentile Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)90th Percentile Apple Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)All ages 200 0.14 250 0.26 1-2 years 216 0.80 434 1.7 <1 td="" year=""> 128 0.21 372 0.40 1>Table 4: Juice Samples with Patulin Levels > 50 µg/kg Excluded Age Group Mean Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)Mean Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)90th Percentile Apple Juice Intake
(g/p/d)90th Percentile Apple Patulin Exposure
(µg/kg bw/d)All ages 200 0.04 250 0.10 1-2 years 216 0.22 434 0.67 <1 td="" year=""> 128 0.13 372 0.27 1>
The results of the revised assessment in Table 4 indicate that if processors implement controls for patulin at the 50 µg/kg level, the estimated 90th percentile patulin exposure for apple juice consumers of all ages would be 4-fold less than the PTDI, providing a 400 fold safety factor for lifetime consumption. The estimated exposure for the <1 1-2="" 64-fold="" above="" age="" an="" approximately="" be="" children="" estimated="" exposure="" for="" group.="" group="" however="" less="" level="" noael="" of="" old="" one-half="" p="" ptdi.="" ptdi="" result="" slightly="" still="" than="" the="" this="" would="" year=""> In carrying out a safety assessment, FDA generally considers only the estimated exposure for "all ages" when the PTDI has been derived from a lifetime feeding study, as is the case for patulin. In such a case, FDA would consider that there is an adequate margin of safety if the estimated patulin exposure for the 90th percentile apple juice drinker of "all ages" is less than or equal to the PTDI. In the lifetime feeding study, the animals in each dosage group were exposed to a single patulin dose level (relative to body weight) throughout their lives. In contrast, FDA recognizes that human exposure to patulin varies substantially according to age. Patulin exposure in small children is higher relative to body weight because small children consume significantly greater amounts of apple juice relative to their body weight. Thus, FDA also considered the estimated exposure to patulin by children in these two age categories with respect to the PTDI.
FDA believes that in view of the greater exposure to patulin by small children, the exposure for apple juice consumers of all ages should be significantly below the PTDI to ensure an adequate margin of safety for long term consumption of apple juice. If long term exposure to patulin is significantly below the PTDI, FDA believes that it is not necessary for patulin exposure for small children to be at or below the PTDI during this relatively short portion of the lifespan. However, FDA recommends as a prudent protective measure, that processors control patulin levels so as to limit to the exposure to patulin for children 1-2 years old.
In this manner, Table 4 indicates that public health protection will be achieved if processors control patulin levels in apple juice to not exceed the action level. Estimated exposure for apple juice consumers of all ages is significantly below the PTDI (i.e., estimated exposure for lifetime consumption is 4-fold less than the PTDI) and estimated exposure for 1-2 year old children is 64-fold less than the NOAEL.
Conversely, if processors do not control patulin levels in apple juice, the exposure estimates in Table 3 indicate that for children 1-2 years old, the exposure level would only be 25-fold less than the NOAEL. FDA believes that this relatively low margin of protection and the accompanying greater long-term exposure may not provide optimum long-term protection for apple juice consumers.
Furthermore, the exposure estimate in Table 4 likely overestimates the exposure to patulin that will occur if processors of apple juice implement controls for patulin. This is because FDA expects that, in order to have a high degree of confidence that their products will not exceed the action level, juice manufacturers will exercise the necessary degree of control (e.g. strict quality specifications on incoming apples) to ensure that their products are actually well below the action level. This appears to have occurred in the United Kingdom (U.K.). In 1993, the U.K. Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries (MAFF) set a patulin advisory level of 50 µg/kg in apple juice. Since that time, the percentage of apple juice samples in the U.K. containing patulin levels above the advisory level has been reduced and patulin levels also have been reduced in samples that comply with the advisory level. Prior to the implementation of the advisory level, 27% of samples in the U.K. had less than 10 µg/kg patulin and 7% of the samples contained 10-24 µg/kg. The 300 samples analyzed in Britain in 1998 had 69% and 22%, respectively, in those two categories (MAFF, 1999).
A similar change in the distribution of patulin levels in apple juice samples in the U.S. would change the exposure estimates presented in Table 4. When, for example, the 300 patulin samples from the 1998 British survey were used to calculate the exposure of the 90th percentile U.S. apple juice drinker for the age groups "<1 0.06="" 0.34="" 0.40="" 1-2="" 50="" a="" action="" adequate="" age="" ages="" all="" an="" and="" apple="" at="" be="" bw="" children="" consumers.="" day="" essentially="" exposure="" exposures="" for="" further="" g="" juice="" kg="" level="" margin="" of="" old="" p="" per="" provide="" ptdi.="" respectively.="" safety="" supports="" that="" the="" this="" values="" were="" would="" year="" years=""> In addition, the exposure estimates in Table 4 may overestimate exposure to patulin for children who often consume apple juice that has been diluted with water. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises parents who frequently offer juice to their children to dilute the juice, ½ portion of juice to ½ portion of water (Dietz and Stern, 1999). FDA has not attempted to quantify any additional margin of safety that would be realized for children who consume diluted apple juice because not all parents may dilute the juice they serve to their children and an adequate margin of safety exists without accounting for the practice of dilution.
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Initial assessment
Patulin occurrence data were taken from 2977 samples of apple
juice analyzed for patulin levels. The majority of the samples were
commercial samples taken from lots of bulk juice and analyzed privately
for the industry, and the results were made available to FDA. Such
analyses typically are performed by industry to determine the
acceptability of a lot of juice offered by the supplier. The remaining
samples were collected and analyzed by FDA as part of its monitoring and
enforcement activities.
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Action Level
Based upon the above discussion, FDA believes that if processors
do not implement controls for patulin, apple juice consumers may not be
optimally protected from potential adverse effects due to long-term
exposure to patulin from the consumption of apple juice. FDA thus
believes that it is appropriate that apple juice processors voluntarily
establish controls for patulin. Based upon the exposure estimates in
Table 4, FDA believes that consumers of apple juice would be at
negligible risk of adverse health effects from patulin if processors
controlled patulin levels in apple juice to a level of 50 µg/kg or
below.
Control of patulin levels in apple juice is achievable in practice. Most frequent patulin contamination results from contamination with mold on apples with surface damage. For example, in a study, Lovett et al. (1975) purposefully contaminated apples in a controlled manner with patulin-producing mold. The investigators then successfully reduced patulin contamination approximately 90% by trimming away the rotten portion of the fruit. FDA believes that control by processors of patulin levels to 50 µg/kg or below can be achieved principally by removing spoiled and visually damaged apples from the product stream used for the production of apple juice.
Other measures such as water treatment also may be effective in reducing patulin levels. Sydenham et al. (1995) found a significant reduction of patulin levels following an initial water treatment step and removal by hand of rotten and damaged fruit prior to juice production.
Evidence also suggests that certain varieties of apples with an open calyx (blossom end) are particularly susceptible to patulin formation thin the core of the apple. In such a situation, damage to the fruit it is not easily observed and the apple may not be removed from juice production (British Code of Practice, 1993). Therefore, the presence of patulin in juice made from seemingly wholesome fruit cannot be totally avoided.
III. Additional Considerations
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Review by FDA's Food Advisory Committee
FDA presented the scientific information supporting an action level of 50 µg/kg for patulin in apple juice and apple juice containing products to its Food Advisory Committee (FAC) in June of 1999. The presentation to the FAC was based upon the "Initial assessment" presented above. The FAC supported FDA's recommendation that an action level be set for patulin in apple juice and apple juice containing products. It further agreed with FDA's analysis that a patulin level of 50 µg/kg of apple juice on a ready-to-eat basis would be sufficient for protection of human health. Some FAC members qualified their agreement with the level of 50 µg/kg by expressing a desire for more information in three areas. The FDA has researched these areas as requested and the results are discussed below.
Some members of the FAC asked whether more current information about apple juice consumption by young children was available. The agency looked for more current information about apple juice consumption for the two age groups considered, but was unable to locate any more recent reliable information. The data from the 1994-1996 United States Department of Agriculture Nationwide Food Consumption Survey are the best consumption data available, and FDA is not aware of any reason why these data are not suitable for use in the safety assessment for patulin. However, in response to the comments of these members of the FAC that stressed the need to ensure adequate protection for small children, FDA carried out the "Revised assessment" of exposure to patulin described above.
Commenting on the data in one of the tables presented in the Becci study, a member of the FAC also questioned whether FDA, in its safety assessment, had incorporated properly the doses of patulin received by the rats in the study. FDA subsequently checked with one of the authors of the study who stated that the doses of patulin presented in the published paper, e.g., 0.0, 0.1, 0.5, and 1.5 mg/kg bw, were the doses given by gavage three times per week. Thus, FDA did incorporate properly the doses received by the rats in its safety assessment, as did JECFA when calculating the PTDI.
A member of the FAC expressed concern that the elderly in institutional settings (e.g., nursing homes) may consume high amounts of apple juice. The agency did not evaluate intake by the elderly as a separate class. Instead, their intake was considered in the "all ages" category. In response to the committee member's comment, the agency did review the information it had available on the intake of apple juice by the elderly. Although data on intake by the elderly in institutional settings were not available, intake by the elderly among the general population was not significantly different than intake for the all ages group. Given that the estimated exposure to patulin is 4-fold less than the PTDI for apple juice consumers in the all ages group, if in fact the elderly in institutional settings consume significantly more apple juice than the elderly in the general population, FDA believes that a substantial margin of safety still would exist for the elderly in institutional settings.
IV. Conclusion
The information presented in this paper supports a 50 µg/kg action
level for patulin in apple juice, apple juice concentrates, and apple
juice products based on the level found or calculated to be found in
single strength apple juice or in the single strength apple juice
component of the product.
V. References
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- Brain, P. W. (1956) Production of patulin in apple fruits by Penicillium expansum, Nature (London) 178: 263.
- British Code of Practice for the Production of Apple Juice, British Soft Drinks Association, November 1993.
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- Dietz, W.H. and Stern, L. (ed) (1999) American Academy of Pediatrics, "Expanding your baby's diet." Ch. 2, p 33. Villard Books.
- FDA Memorandum, "Hazards or Patulin in Apple Juice." May 5, 1994.
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meter (ml/m3).
Parts-per notations
Other part-per notations are written here:
Chemical concentration
ppm is used to measure chemical concentration, usually in a
solution of water.
Solute concentration of 1 ppm is solute concentration of 1/1000000
of the solution.
The concentration C in ppm is calculated
from the solute mass msolute in milligrams and the
solution mass msolution in milligrams .
C(ppm) = 1000000 × msolute
/ (msolution + msolute)
Usually the solute mass msolute is much smaller than the
solution mass msolution.
msolute
≪ msolution
Then the concentration C in ppm is equal to 1000000 times the
solute mass msolute
in milligrams (mg) divided by the solution mass msolution
in milligrams (mg):
C(ppm) = 1000000 × msolute
(mg)
/ msolution (mg)
The concentration C in ppm is also equal to the solute mass msolute
in milligrams (mg) divided by the solution mass msolution
in kilograms (kg):
C(ppm) = msolute
(mg)
/ msolution (kg)
When the solution is water, the volume of mass of one kilogram is
approximately one liter.
The concentration C in ppm is also equal to the solute mass msolute
in milligrams (mg) divided by the water solution volume Vsolution
in liters (l):
C(ppm) = msolute
(mg)
/ Vsolution (l)
Concentration of CO2
The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the
atmosphere is about 388ppm.
Frequency stability
The frequency stability of an electronic oscillator component can be measured
in ppm.
The maximal frequency variation Δf, divided by the
frequency f is equal to the frequency stability
Δf(Hz) /
f(Hz) = FS(ppm) / 1000000
Example
Oscillator with frequency of 32MHz and accuracy of
±200ppm, has frequency accuracy of
Δf(Hz) = ±200ppm
× 32MHz
/ 1000000 = ±6.4kHz
So the oscillator produces clock signal within the range of 32MHz±6.4kHz.
The supplied frequency variation is caused from temperature
change, aging, supply voltage and load changes.
Decimal, percent, permille, ppm, ppb, ppt conversion calculator
Enter proportion part in one of the text boxes and press the Convert button:
Moles per liter (mol/L) to milligarms per liter (mg/L) to ppm conversion calculator
Water solution, molar concentration (molarity) to milligrams per
liter to parts per million (ppm) converter.
PPM conversions
How to convert ppm to decimal fraction
The part P in decimal is equal to the part P in ppm divided by 1000000:
P(decimal) =
P(ppm) / 1000000
Example
Find the decimal fraction of 300ppm:
P(decimal) = 300ppm / 1000000 =
0.0003
How to convert decimal fraction to ppm
The part P in ppm is equal to the part P in decimal times 1000000:
P(ppm) = P(decimal) × 1000000
Example
Find how many ppm are in 0.0034:
P(ppm) = 0.0034 × 1000000 =
3400ppm
How to convert ppm to percent
The part P in percent (%) is equal to the part P in ppm divided
by 10000:
P(%) = P(ppm) /
10000
Example
Find how many percent are in 6ppm:
P(%) = 6ppm / 10000 = 0.0006%
How to convert percent to ppm
The part P in ppm is equal to the part P in percent (%) times
10000:
P(ppm) = P(%) ×
10000
Example
Find how many ppm are in 6%:
P(ppm) = 6%
× 10000 = 60000ppm
How to convert ppb to ppm
The part P in ppm is equal to the part P in ppb divided by 1000:
P(ppm) = P(ppb)
/ 1000
Example
Find how many ppm are in 6ppb:
P(ppm) = 6ppb / 1000 = 0.006ppm
How to convert ppm to ppb
The part P in ppb is equal to the part P in ppm times 1000:
P(ppb) = P(ppm)
× 1000
Example
Find how many ppb are in 6ppm:
P(ppb) = 6ppm
× 1000 = 6000ppb
How to convert milligrams/liter to ppm
The concentration C in parts-per million (ppm) is equal to
the concentration C in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and equal to
1000 times the concentration C in milligrams per liter (mg/L), divided by the
solution density ρ in kilograms per cubic
meter (kg/m3):
C(ppm) = C(mg/kg)
= 1000 × C(mg/L) / ρ(kg/m3)
In water solution, the concentration C in parts-per million (ppm) is equal to
1000 times the concentration C in milligrams per liter (mg/L)
divided by the water solution density at temperature of 20ºC,
998.2071 in kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3)
and approximately equal to the concentration C in milligrams per
liter (mg/L):
C(ppm) = 1000 × C(mg/L)
/ 998.2071(kg/m3)
≈ 1(L/kg)
× C(mg/L)
How to convert grams/liter to ppm
The concentration C in parts-per million (ppm) is equal to
1000 times the concentration C in grams per kilogram (g/kg) and equal to
1000000 times the concentration C in grams per liter (g/L), divided by the
solution density ρ in kilograms per cubic
meter (kg/m3):
C(ppm) = 1000 × C(g/kg)
= 106 × C(g/L) / ρ(kg/m3)
In water solution, the concentration C in parts-per million (ppm)
is equal to 1000 times the concentration C in grams per kilogram
(g/kg) and equal to 1000000 times the concentration C in grams per
liter (g/L), divided by the water solution density at temperature of
20ºC 998.2071 in kilograms per cubic meter
(kg/m3) and
approximately equal to 1000 times the concentration C in milligrams
per liter (mg/L):
C(ppm) = 1000 × C(g/kg)
= 106 × C(g/L) / 998.2071(kg/m3)
≈ 1000 × C(g/L)
How to convert moles/liter to ppm
The concentration C in parts-per million (ppm) is equal to the
concentration C in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and equal to
1000000 times the molar concentration (molarity) c in moles per liter (mol/L),
times the solute molar mass in grams per mole (g/mol), divided by the
solution density ρ in kilograms per cubic
meter (kg/m3):
C(ppm) = C(mg/kg)
= 106 × c(mol/L) × M(g/mol) / ρ(kg/m3)
In water solution, the concentration C in parts-per million (ppm) is equal to the
concentration C in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and equal to
1000000 times the molar concentration (molarity) c in moles per
liter (mol/L), times the solute molar mass in grams per mole (g/mol),
divided by the water solution density at temperature of 20ºC
998.2071 in kilograms per cubic
meter (kg/m3):
C(ppm) = C(mg/kg)
= 106 × c(mol/L) × M(g/mol) /
998.2071(kg/m3)
≈ 1000 × c(mol/L) × M(g/mol)
How to convert ppm to Hz
The frequency variation in hertz (Hz) is equal to the frequency
stability FS in ppm times the frequency in hertz (Hz) divided by
1000000:
Δf(Hz) = ± FS(ppm)
× f(Hz) / 1000000
Example
Oscillator with frequency of 32MHz and accuracy of
±200ppm, has frequency accu0racy of
Δf(Hz) = ±200ppm
× 32MHz
/ 1000000 = ±6.4kHz
So the oscillator produces clock signal within the range of 32MHz±6.4kHz.
ppm to ratio, percent, ppb, ppt conversion table
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Name | Notation | Coefficient | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | % | 10-2 | |||||
Per-mille | ‰ | 10-3 | |||||
Parts per million | ppm | 10-6 | |||||
Parts per billion | ppb | 10-9 | |||||
Parts per trillion | ppt | 10-12 | |||||
Enter decimal: | |||||||
Enter percent: | % | ||||||
Enter permille: | ‰ | ||||||
Enter ppm: | ppm | ||||||
Enter ppb: | ppb | ||||||
Enter ppt: | ppt | ||||||
Enter molar concentration (molarity): | c(mol/L) | = | mol/L | ||||
Enter solute molar mass: | M(g/mol) | = | g/mol | ||||
Enter milligrams per liter: | C(mg/L) | = | mg/L | ||||
Enter water temperature: | T(ºC) | = | ºC | ||||
Enter parts per million: | C(mg/kg) | = | ppm | ||||
Parts-per million (ppm) | Coefficient / Ratio | Percent (%) | Parts per billion (ppb) | Parts per trillion (ppt) | |||
1 ppm | 1×10-6 | 0.0001% | 1000 ppb | 1×106 ppt | |||
2 ppm | 2×10-6 | 0.0002% | 2000 ppb | 2×106 ppt | |||
3 ppm | 3×10-6 | 0.0003% | 3000 ppb | 3×106 ppt | |||
4 ppm | 4×10-6 | 0.0005% | 4000 ppb | 4×106 ppt | |||
5 ppm | 5×10-6 | 0.0005% | 5000 ppb | 5×106 ppt | |||
6 ppm | 6×10-6 | 0.0006% | 6000 ppb | 6×106 ppt | |||
7 ppm | 7×10-6 | 0.0007% | 7000 ppb | 7×106 ppt | |||
8 ppm | 8×10-6 | 0.0008% | 8000 ppb | 8×106 ppt | |||
9 ppm | 9×10-6 | 0.0009% | 9000 ppb | 9×106 ppt | |||
10 ppm | 1×10-5 | 0.0010% | 10000 ppb | 1×107 ppt | |||
20 ppm | 2×10-5 | 0.0020% | 20000 ppb | 2×107 ppt | |||
30 ppm | 3×10-5 | 0.0030% | 30000 ppb | 3×107 ppt | |||
40 ppm | 4×10-5 | 0.0040% | 40000 ppb | 4×107 ppt | |||
50 ppm | 5×10-5 | 0.0050% | 50000 ppb | 5×107 ppt | |||
60 ppm | 6×10-5 | 0.0060% | 60000 ppb | 6×107 ppt | |||
70 ppm | 7×10-5 | 0.0070% | 70000 ppb | 7×107 ppt | |||
80 ppm | 8×10-5 | 0.0080% | 80000 ppb | 8×107 ppt | |||
90 ppm | 9×10-5 | 0.0090% | 90000 ppb | 9×107 ppt | |||
100 ppm | 1×10-4 | 0.0100% | 100000 ppb | 01×108 ppt | |||
200 ppm | 2×10-4 | 0.0200% | 200000 ppb | 2×108 ppt | |||
300 ppm | 3×10-4 | 0.0300% | 300000 ppb | 3×108 ppt | |||
400 ppm | 4×10-4 | 0.0400% | 400000 ppb | 4×108 ppt | |||
500 ppm | 5×10-4 | 0.0500% | 500000 ppb | 5×108 ppt | |||
1000 ppm | 0.001 | 0.1000% | 1×106 ppb | 1×109 ppt | |||
10000 ppm | 0.010 | 1.0000% | 1×107 ppb | 1×1010 ppt | |||
100000 ppm | 0.100 | 10.0000% | 1×108 ppb | 1×1011 ppt | |||
1000000 ppm | 1.000 | 100.0000% | 1×109 ppb | 1×1012 ppt |
Parts Per Million Conversions
PPM conversion values and serial dilutions
How to dilute and calculate ppm concentrations and percentage amounts.
How to convert ppm to Molarity and Molarity to ppm
How to convert ppm to Molarity and Molarity to ppm
PPM = parts per million
PPM is a term used in chemistry to denote a very, very low concentration of a solution. One gram in 1000 ml is 1000 ppm and one thousandth of a gram (0.001g) in 1000 ml is one ppm.
One thousanth of a gram is one milligram and 1000 ml is one liter, so that 1 ppm = 1 mg per liter = mg/Liter.
PPM is derived from the fact that the density of water is taken as 1kg/L = 1,000,000 mg/L, and 1mg/L is 1mg/1,000,000mg or one part in one million.
OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING UNITS
1 ppm = 1mg/l = 1ug /ml = 1000ug/L
ppm = ug/g =ug/ml = ng/mg = pg/ug = 10 -6
ppm = mg/litres of water
1 gram pure element disolved in 1000ml = 1000 ppm
PPB = Parts per billion = ug/L = ng/g = ng/ml = pg/mg = 10 -9
Making up 1000 ppm solutions
1. From the pure metal : weigh out accurately 1.000g of metal, dissolve in 1 : 1 conc. nitric or hydrochloric acid, and make up to the mark in 1 liter volume deionised water.
2. From a salt of the metal :
e.g. Make a 1000 ppm standard of Na using the salt NaCl.
FW of salt = 58.44g.
At. wt. of Na = 23
1g Na in relation to FW of salt = 58.44 / 23 = 2.542g.
Hence, weigh out 2.542g NaCl and dissolve in 1 liter volume to make a 1000 ppm Na standard.
3. From an acidic radical of the salt :
e.g. Make a 1000 ppm phosphate standard using the salt KH2PO4
FW of salt = 136.09
FW of radical PO4 = 95
1g PO4 in relation to FW of salt = 136.09 / 95 = 1.432g.
Hence, weigh out 1.432g KH2PO4 and dissolve in 1 liter volume to make a 1000 ppm PO4 standard.
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Dilution Formula : C1V1 = C2V2
This equation applies to all dilution problems. C1 (initial conc) x V1 (initial volume) = C2 (final conc) x V2 (final volume)
Example : What volume of 6.00 ppm solution must be used to give 4.00 liters of a 0.100 ppm solution?
C1 = 6.00 ppm
V1 = unknown
C2 = 0.100 ppm
V2 = 4 liters = 4000 mls
V1 = (C2 x V2) / C1
= (0.100 X 4000) / 6.00
= 400 / 6.00 = 66.7 mls.
This means that 66.7 mls of the 6.00ppm solution diluted to a final volume of 4 liters will give a concentration of 0.100 ppm.
The Formula below can be used to calculate the the V1 component only.
req is the value you want.
req ppm x req vol
-------------------------- = no of mls for req vol
stock
Example : Make up 50 mls vol of 25 ppm from 100 ppm standard.
25 x 50 / 100 = 12.5 mls. i.e. 12.5 mls of 100 ppm in 50 ml volume will give a 25 ppm solution
Serial dilutions
Making up 10-1 M to 10-5 M solutions from a 1M stock solution.
Pipette 10 ml of the 1M stock into a 100 ml volumetric flask and make up to the mark to give a 10-1 M soln.
Now, pipette 10 ml of this 10-1 M soln. into another 100 ml flask and make up to the mark to give a 10-2 M soln.
Pipette again, 10 ml of this 10-2 M soln. into yet another 100 ml flask and make up to mark to give a 10-3 M soln.
Pipette a 10 ml of this 10-3 M soln. into another 100 ml flask and make up to mark to give a 10-4 M soln.
And from this 10-4 M soln. pipette 10 ml into a 100 ml flask and make up to mark to give a final 10-5 M solution.
Molarity to ppm
Convert molar concentration to grams per liter (Molarity x Atomic mass of solute), then convert to milligrams per liter (ppm) by multiplying by 1000.
e.g. What is the ppm concentration of calcium ion in 0.01M CaCO3?
Molarity(M) x Atomic mass(At Wt) = grams per liter(g/l)
Atomic Mass (Wt.) of Ca = 40
0.01M x 40 =0.40 g/l
0.40g/l x 1000 = 400 mg/l = 400ppm
Note:
The FW of an ion species is equal to its concentration in ppm at 10-3M. Fluoride has a FW of 19, hence a 10-3M concentration is equal to 19ppm, 1M is equal to 19,000 ppm and 1ppm is equal to 5.2 x 10-5M.
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PPM to Molarity
Convert ppm to gram based or milligram based concentration.
ppm = 1 mg solute per liter solution or
ppm = 0.001 gram per liter solution
e.g. What is the Molarity of 400ppm Ca ions in an aqueous CaCO3 solution?
Using the 0.001g/l concentration: 400ppm x 0.001g/l = 0.4g/l.
or, Divide 400 mg by 1000 to get g/l = 0.4 g/l
Now divide by the At. Mass of Ca to get Molarity.
0.4g/l divided by 40g/mol =0.01M
Using the mg/l concentration, the 40g Ca must be converted to milligrams by multiplying by 1000 to give 40,000mg.
Hence Molarity = 400ppm divided by 40,000mg/mol = 0.01M
Ppm (parts per million) to % (parts per hundred)
Divide the ppm amount by 1,000,000 and multiply by 100 to get %. e.g. :
1 ppm = 1/1,000,000 = 0.000001 = 0.0001%
10 ppm = 10/1,000,000 = 0.00001 = 0.001%
100 ppm = 100/1,000,000 = 0.0001 = 0.01%
200 ppn = 200/1,000,000 = 0.0002 = 0.02%
5000 ppm = 5000/1,000,000 = 0.005 = 0.5%
10,000 ppm = 10000/1,000,000 = 0.01 = 1.0%
20,000 ppm = 20000/1,000,000 = 0.02 = 2.0%
(Parts per hundred) % to ppm
Divide the % value by 100 and multiply by 1,000,000 to get ppm. e.g. :
1% =0.01 x 1,000,000 = 10,000 ppm
0.5% =0.0.005 x 1,000,000 = 5,000 ppm
0.1% =0.001 x 1,000,000 = 1,000 ppm
0.01% = 0.0001 x 1,000,000 = 100 ppm
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