Overview
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006 amended Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 by adding maximum levels for inorganic arsenic in rice and selected rice products. The maximum levels applied from 1 January 2016 and remained part of the EU contaminants framework until EC 1881/2006 was recast by EU 2023/915 on 25 May 2023.
This page exists as the historical regulatory anchor for literature that cites the 2015 amendment directly, including infant rice-food studies published around the January 2016 implementation date.
Exact Limits And Units
| Matrix | Analyte | Maximum level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-parboiled milled rice, polished or white rice | Inorganic arsenic, sum of As(III) and As(V) | 0.20 mg/kg | Wet weight / product as placed on market |
| Parboiled rice and husked rice | Inorganic arsenic, sum of As(III) and As(V) | 0.25 mg/kg | Wet weight / product as placed on market |
| Rice waffles, rice wafers, rice crackers, and rice cakes | Inorganic arsenic, sum of As(III) and As(V) | 0.30 mg/kg | Wet weight / product as placed on market |
| Rice destined for the production of food for infants and young children | Inorganic arsenic, sum of As(III) and As(V) | 0.10 mg/kg | Wet weight / product as placed on market |
How This Page Interacts With HMT&C
This page records an external historical legal comparator. It does not set an HMT&C certification threshold. Source pages should cite this page when preserving the comparator used by literature that evaluated rice, infant rice products, rice crackers, or rice cereals against the EU 2015 inorganic-arsenic amendment.
For current-facing EU comparisons, use EU Regulation 2023/915 maximum levels for contaminants in food. Many of the rice inorganic-arsenic values were carried forward into the successor framework, but the legal citation changed.
Sources
- European Commission. Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006 of 25 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs. EUR-Lex CELEX 32015R1006. Source URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R1006
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs - parent contaminants framework amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/1006.
- EU Regulation 2023/915 maximum levels for contaminants in food - successor contaminants framework after the 2023 recast.
Verification Notes
- Created 2026-05-18 during Codex auto-fetch merge-enhancement of Levels of infants' urinary arsenic metabolites related to formula feeding and weaning with rice products exceeding the EU inorganic arsenic standard.
- EUR-Lex verifies Article 2 application from 1 January 2016 and the Annex rows 3.5.1 through 3.5.4 for inorganic arsenic in rice and rice products.
References
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Update history
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| Commit | Date | Change | Description |
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| a8052bb | 2026-08-09 | major | 1 source added; contamination-profile values revised; 7 sections added |