Acceptable Daily Intake

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ADI
Pronunciation
/əkˈsɛptəbəl ˈdeɪli ˈɪnˌteɪk/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Almost all pesticides detected on foods by the USDA and independent scientific studies are at levels below 1 % of the acceptable daily intake ( ADI ) set by government regulators.
  2. This study demonstrates a phenomenon of intense Cd uptake and grain accumulation by super rice and, thus, imposing a very high Cd exposure risk ( as several times as the acceptable daily intake, ADI ) to subsistence-diet farmers.

Other meanings of ADI