Rice finding 1603
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Rice and rice products (EFSA category 01B_4 'Rice'; rice grain form not specified) · Lead (Pb) · 612 analytical results (rice sub-class).
Selected finding and reference
612 analytical results (rice sub-class). Basis: as reported to EFSA; MLs referenced as mg/kg wet weight.
69.6 % of rice results <LOD/LOQ; LB sets results below LOD/LOQ to zero, UB sets them to the respective limit (GEMS/Food, Section 5.4); results with LOD >0.1 mg/kg or LOQ >0.3 mg/kg excluded
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
2003–2008
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 laboratory methods (AAS, ICP-AES, ICP-MS); results with LOD >0.1 or LOQ >0.3 mg/kg excluded.
69.6 % of rice results <LOD/LOQ; LB sets results below LOD/LOQ to zero, UB sets them to the respective limit (GEMS/Food, Section 5.4); results with LOD >0.1 mg/kg or LOQ >0.3 mg/kg excluded
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 95th percentile | LB 0.1040 | mg/kg x 1000 |
Section 5.4, Table 5 'Statistical description of concentrations of lead for food category 01. Cereal and cereal products' in mg/kg, row 'Rice', EFSA Journal 2010;8(4):1570 p. 35; category definition Appendix A '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.