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Compared to other TDS, the BfR MEAL Study is the most comprehen-
sive worldwide with regard to both the number of foods examined as
well as the number of substances. The BfR MEAL Study provides a
representative reflection of German eating habits by covering at least
90 % of the foods consumed in Germany plus some rarely eaten foods
if they are known to contain high levels of undesired substances. The
examined substances include environmental contaminants, mycotox-
ins, process contaminants, food additives, nutrients, pharmacologically
effective substances and substances that migrate from packaging. In
this way, the study closes data gaps for which there have been no sys-
tematic studies in Germany up to now.
Foods of the same type are homogenised in the lab for the analysis.