European Food Safety Authority Video on Chemicals in Food: Establishing Safe Levels

Our bodies, our environment and our food are all made up of chemicals. Most of the chemicals in food are harmless or even beneficial such nutrients like proteins, fats and fibre. However, some chemicals in food can pose a risk if we are overexposed to them. That is why scientists establish “health-based guidance values,” which are safe levels of use, to protect consumers. Watch and listen to a European Food Safety Authority toxicologist explain how scientists set these safe levels.