to review the tolerable value of MeHgþ (EFSA, 2012). Thus, the EFSA published in 2012 a scientific opinion on the risk of human exposure to mercury and methylmercury (EFSA, 2012). According to new epidemiological studies in children, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) established a tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for MeHgþ of 1.3 mg kg1 in body weight, expressed as mercury (EFSA, 2012).