Rice finding 1162
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Rice and rice products (EFSA category 01B4 'Rice'; rice grain form not specified) · Cadmium (Cd) · 1000 analytical results (rice category).
Selected finding and reference
1000 analytical results (rice category). Basis: as reported to EFSA (MLs referenced on wet weight); not specified per result.
EFSA assigned results below the LOD (and below LOQ where only LOQ given) a value of half the limit (middle bound) when computing descriptive statistics (Section 5.2.3, p. 25); 12 % of rice results were <LOD; LODs varied by laboratory and method and are not given per category
HMI baseline position
Limited data: The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference. Missing evidence never means low contamination.
The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference.
Reference version and interpretation
Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.
No admitted reference
The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.
Collection period
2003–2007
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
EU Member State monitoring
All samples in the study.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
mixed methods reported by laboratories (ICP-MS, GF-AAS, etc.; Figure 4 distribution); LOD per Regulation (EC) 333/2007 performance criteria.
EFSA assigned results below the LOD (and below LOQ where only LOQ given) a value of half the limit (middle bound) when computing descriptive statistics (Section 5.2.3, p. 25); 12 % of rice results were <LOD; LODs varied by laboratory and method and are not given per category
Shared samples and study overlap
Subgroup rows, statistics of the same subgroup and the study total share samples; they are not independent results.
Each table row describes a food/analyte result. Repeated rows do not add independent samples or datasets. No cross-study trend is calculated in this comparison mode.
Reported values, conversion and source locator
| Source statistic | Original result | Displayed unit conversion |
|---|---|---|
| 5th percentile | 0.0010 | mg/kg x 1000 |
Section 5.2.4, Table 5 (cereal and cereal products, mg/kg), row '01B4. Rice', EFSA Journal (2009) 980 p. 26; category definition Annex 1A (01B_4 Rice = 'Rice and rice products').
No moisture, cooking-yield or species conversion is applied to the original finding above. Any basis conversion used for its HMI comparison is stated separately with the numerical target.