Abstract
Intentional food additives are natural or synthetic substances added to the original foods or food products for specific purposes. Although those substances are generally considered safe, questions nonetheless arise as to their toxicities or hazards, and those will be dealt with in another chapter of this book. Of particular concern in this chapter are the nonintentional chemical additives or contaminants of foods. Based on the mode of occurrence of these chemicals in foods they may be broadly categorized as agricultural chemicals. They are nonintentional additives because they occur rather inconspicuously or insidiously, and are not meant for human consumption. For example, pesticides are applied for eliminating or limiting the growth of selected species of plants or animals, but most of them are not very selective; they find access to foods and water and harm other nontarget species, including humans. Exposure to these chemical substances may occur directly, such as through drinking water and eating processed foods, or indirectly as a result of their bioaccumulation in the food chain.
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Mustafa, M.G. (1982). Agricultural Chemicals. In: Jelliffe, E.F.P., Jelliffe, D.B. (eds) Adverse Effects of Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3359-3_11
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