[Setting normal levels of benz(a)pyrene in foods].

In the paper, methodological requirements are formulated for validation of permissible levels of benz(a)pyrene (B(a)P) in foodstuffs. A list is submitted of allowable levels of this carcinogen in food products for the population of Ukraine, their specific values being dependent on the accepted tolerance daily done intake and on the structure of the standard food ration. Prevention of B(a)P formation and its elimination from the human habitat together with the use of the modern environmentally appropriate technologies designed to prepare food products will form a basis for stabilization of the permissible dose of the carcinogen, finding its way to the human body as a food component through dietary intake.