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Table 6 Margin of Exposure (MOE) for ethyl carbamate in different exposure scenarios.

From: Cancer risk assessment of ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages from Brazil with special consideration to the spirits cachaça and tiquira

 

Scenario 1 for cachaça all types without weighting

Scenario 2 for cachaça all types with weighting

Hypothetical scenario 3 for regulated cachaça (including regulated unrecorded cachaça)

EC exposure

Mean

Median

95th percentile

Mean

Median

95th percentile

Mean

Median

95th percentile

Beer

17340

17340

14450

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Wine

388374

543724

34854

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Cachaça

5085

10170

1442

4294

6901

1255

17567

12882

12882

Whisky

365000

486667

137736

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Rum

1545882

2190000

584000

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Vodka

1564286

2502857

736134

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Brandy

198190

343529

44808

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Other

931915

3981818

224615

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Tiquira

374359

509302

143607

(similar to scenario 1)

(similar to scenario 1)

Unrecorded

2305

4171

664

(similar to scenario 1)

7964

5840

5840

Total alcohol

1421

2466

427

1352

2212

409

3913

3161

2559

Total plus other foods

1317

2168

417

1257

1969

400

3213

2688

2240

  1. Calculated with BMDL of 0.3 mg/kg bw/day (MOE = BMDL/Exposure).