The objective of this study is to estimate the dietary exposure of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibezofurans (PCDD/Fs) of Korean population via milk and meat using a probabilistic exposure assessment model. Total 319 raw milk and meat samples collected in the period 2006-2008 from nationwide Korea were measured the concentrations of 17 PCDD/Fs. Distributions of dietary exposure of 7 age subgroups to PCDD/Fs from the commodities were estimated probabilistically using Monte Carlo simulations. Dietary exposure groups were divided as lower, medium and high consumer subgroups according to the consumption of each commodity. The amounts of dietary exposures of Korean population subgroups were compared to the provisional maximum tolerable monthly intake (PTMI) recommended by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (JECFA). The mean PCDD/Fs concentrations in raw milk and meat of beef, prok and chicken were measured as 0.501, and 0.022~0.150pg WHO-TEQ/g, respectively. Dietary exposure of children was significantly higher than that of adults due to their high milk consumption per body weight (BW). Dietary intake of PCDD/Fs of the Korean populations estimated ranged from 0.154 to 1.248 pg WHO- TEQ/kg BW/day for high consumers (the 97.5th percentile) at the upper bound. Dietary intakes of average population of various subgroups were below the half of PTMI, but those of higher consumers were found exceeding or comparable to PTMI at the upper bound level. This study also suggests that the estimated PCDD/Fs concentrations in milk and meat are comparable to those reported in previous studies. Probabilistic assessment model for PCDD/Fs exposure in meat and milk commodities could be used to estimate the exposure of PCDD/Fs in Korean population for the development of risk mangement mesaures for PCDD/Fs in meat and milk.

다이옥신류(Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans: PCDD/Fs)는 화학적으로 매우 안정화 되어 있으며 난분해성 이자 강한 독성을 가지고 있다. 특히 환경 매체의 오염을 통해 생태계 내 생물의 생체에 종종 축적된다. 외래종 등검은말벌은 2003년 국내 침입 후 전국적으로 확산되었으며, 최근 말벌(집)을 민간요법으로 식음하는 사례가 늘면서 이로 인한 오염물질 노출 가능성이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 도시 및 산림지역에서 말벌(집)을 채집한 후 비의도적 잔류성유기오염물질 공정시험방법에 따라 전처리 후 가스크로마토그래프/고분해능질량분석기(GC/HRMS) 를 이용하여 다이옥신류의 농도수준과 경향을 확인하였다. 농도는 WHO에서 제시한 2015 독성등가계수를 이용하여 TEQ농도(pg-TEQ/g)로 환산하였다. 그 결과, OCDD 등 일부 다이옥신 물질이 검출되었으나, 인체의 유해정도는 낮은 것으로 보인다. 그러나 다양한 지역에서의 등검은말벌 채취 및 분석, 위해성평가 등 추가연구가 필요하다.