acceptable daily intake (ADI)

Estimate by JECFA of the amount of a food additive, expressed on a body-weight basis, that can be ingested daily over a lifetime without appreciable health risk.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 1033 (Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 1036
This definition supersedes an earlier definition of acceptable daily intake (ADI).