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The TDS is an important exposure assessment tool that is essential for public health risk assessment. It can provide invaluable, concrete data about the safety of a country’s food supply, and help target where future resources or risk management activities are needed. Effective scoping and planning of a TDS can be challenging, yet are crucial to maximising its benefits, minimising costs and avoiding potential pitfalls that may compromise the results of the study. The scope and design of a TDS will be influenced by its objectives and the relevant risk questions being addressed, and examples are given. Suggestions for management of a TDS are provided, and the main TDS components summarised, including practicalities such as inter alia planning meetings, indicative budget, scoping the food list, which chemicals to analyse, analytical considerations and plans, pilot tests, etc.
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Vannoort, R.W. (2013). Scope, Planning and Practicalities of a Total Diet Study. In: Moy, G., Vannoort, R. (eds) Total Diet Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7689-5_5
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