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EFSA has just published its assessment of the risks to human and animal health from glycoalkaloids in potatoes and derived products.
Glycoalkaloids are naturally present in many plants of the Solanaceae family (potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes) and contribute to their resistance to pests and pathogens.
Ingestion of glycoalkaloids can cause intoxication with acute gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain.
Experts have identified a health problem for infants and toddlers, taking into account both average and high consumers. In adults, there is a health problem for high consumers only.
The lowest dose at which adverse effects are observed was calculated at 1 mg/kg body weight per day.
To date, European regulations have
