FDA Provides Update on Sampling and Testing Efforts of PFAS in the Food Supply
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently provided an update on its ongoing sampling and testing efforts designed to better understand the occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the food supply. FDA's recently analysis involved foods collected from the Total Diet Study (TDS), which monitors levels of nutrients and contaminants in foods consumed in the U.S.
The newly posted results from FDA’s most recent analysis of 94 samples of a variety of food products collected in FY2020 from the TDS found only one sample of cod to have detectable levels of two types of PFAS—perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorononanoic acid. FDA has determined that the PFAS levels found in the cod sample do not present a human health concern.