[Dietary exposure assessment of aflatoxins of residents in Shanghai residents aged 15 years and above from 2018 to 2023].

Objective: To understand the contents of aflatoxins(AFs) in foods sold in Shanghai, and to assess the exposure assessment of and its potential health risk among residents over 15 years old in Shanghai.
Methods: A total of 8114 samples from 8 categories of food were collected in Shanghai from 2018 to 2023. The samples were detected by GB 5009.24-2016 and GB 5009.22-2016. Combined with the food consumption data of "Shanghai Diet and Health Survey", the dietary exposure assessment of aflatoxin was conducted using the margin of exposure(MOE) and the risk of liver cancer.
Results: The detection rates of aflatoxin B_1(AFB_1), aflatoxin B_2(AFB_2), aflatoxin G_1(AFG_1), aflatoxin G_2(AFG_2), and aflatoxin M_(1 )(AFM_1) were 8.6%, 2.0%, 0.9%, 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively. The point assessment showed that the total exposure of AFB_1 in the diet of residents aged 15 and above in Shanghai was 0.783 ng/(kg·BW·d), with the contribution rates of dietary exposure to grains and their products, nuts and their products, and vegetable oils accounting for 60.6%, 25.0% and 8.5% of AFB_1's dietary exposure, respectively. The total exposure of total aflatoxins(the sum of AFB_1, AFB_2, AFG_1 and AFG_2)(AFT) was 7.363 ng/(kg·BW·d), and the dietary exposure of grains and their products, vegetable oils, nuts and their products contribute 77.1%, 8.4% and 7.2% to the dietary exposure of AFT, respectively. The probability assessment result indicated that the average dietary exposure of residents to AFB_1 and AFT were 0.734 and 7.220 ng/(kg·BW·d), respectively, and the P95 exposure of residents were 1.170 and 11.500 ng/(kg·BW·d). The AFB_1 exposure level of residents in suburban areas was higher than that in central urban areas and exurban areas(χ~2= 16.357, P<0.001), the AFT exposure of residents in the central urban area was lower than that in the exurban areas and suburban areas(χ~2= 40.996, P<0.001). According to the MOE method, the MOE values of AFB_1 and AFT average dietary exposure for residents aged 15 and above in Shanghai were 511 and 54. The risk of liver cancer caused by dietary exposure of AFB_1 and AFT among residents aged 15 and above in Shanghai were 0.024 cases/10~5 people and 0.227 cases/10~5 people.
Conclusion: There is AFs contamination in food sold in Shanghai, and grains and their products, nuts and their products, and vegetable oils are the main sources of AFs exposure in the diet of residents aged 15 and above in Shanghai.