PMID- 34397175 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211025 LR - 20231213 IS - 1541-4337 (Electronic) IS - 1541-4337 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 5 DP - 2021 Sep TI - Residues of glyphosate in food and dietary exposure. PG - 5226-5257 LID - 10.1111/1541-4337.12822 [doi] AB - Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup((R)) brand nonselective herbicides, and residue testing for food has been conducted as part of the normal regulatory processes. Additional testing has been conducted by university researchers and nongovernmental agencies. Presence of residues needs to be put into the context of safety standards. Furthermore, to appropriately interpret residue data, analytical assays must be validated for each food sample matrix. Regulatory agency surveys indicate that 99% of glyphosate residues in food are below the European maximum residue limits (MRLs) or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tolerances. These data support the conclusion that overall residues are not elevated above MRLs/tolerances due to agricultural practices or usage on genetically modified (GM) crops. However, it is important to understand that MRLs and tolerances are limits for legal pesticide usage. MRLs only provide health information when the sum of MRLs of all foods is compared to limits established by toxicology studies, such as the acceptable daily intake (ADI). Conclusions from dietary modeling that use actual food residues, or MRLs themselves, combined with consumption data indicate that dietary exposures to glyphosate are within established safe limits. Measurements of glyphosate in urine can also be used to estimate ingested glyphosate exposure, and studies indicate that exposure is <3% of the current European ADI for glyphosate, which is 0.5 mg glyphosate/kg body weight. Conclusions of risk assessments, based on dietary modeling or urine data, are that exposures to glyphosate from food are well below the amount that can be ingested daily over a lifetime with a reasonable certainty of no harm. CI - (c) 2021 The Authors. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Institute of Food Technologists. FAU - Vicini, John L AU - Vicini JL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5890-7380 AD - Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA. FAU - Jensen, Pamela K AU - Jensen PK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4513-5000 AD - Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA. FAU - Young, Bruce M AU - Young BM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7362-0556 AD - Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA. FAU - Swarthout, John T AU - Swarthout JT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3043-9386 AD - Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210816 PL - United States TA - Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf JT - Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety JID - 101305205 RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - TE7660XO1C (Glycine) SB - IM MH - Crops, Agricultural MH - *Dietary Exposure MH - Glycine/analogs & derivatives/analysis MH - Humans MH - *Pesticide Residues/toxicity MH - Glyphosate OTO - NOTNLM OT - Analytical chemistry OT - Glyphosate OT - Pesticide exposure OT - Risk assessment OT - Urinary pesticide EDAT- 2021/08/17 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/26 06:00 CRDT- 2021/08/16 08:58 PHST- 2021/06/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/16 08:58 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/1541-4337.12822 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2021 Sep;20(5):5226-5257. doi: 10.1111/1541-4337.12822. Epub 2021 Aug 16.