Rice finding 2211

Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.

EFSA et al. 2021

Long-grain rice (milling state not stated) · Inorganic arsenic (iAs) · 502 analytical results/samples of rice grain with iAs data (Table 4 sum 1,756 + 7 red rice; text states n = 1,768); 13,608 iAs results overall in food and water.

Selected finding and reference

Not detected (no numerical limit reported)Below detection limit.

502 analytical results/samples of rice grain with iAs data (Table 4 sum 1,756 + 7 red rice; text states n = 1,768); 13,608 iAs results overall in food and water. Basis: as reported (not stated).

17% of results left-censored; individual LODs/LOQs not given per rice type (food iAs LOQ cut-off 100 µg/kg; lowest rice LOQs 0.008-4 µg/kg by method)

HMI baseline position

Limited data: The source reports a non-detect without a numerical limit; its position cannot be identified. Missing evidence never means low contamination.

The source reports a non-detect without a numerical limit; its position cannot be identified.

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

2013–2018

No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.

Geographic scope

Rice, long-grain

Rice variety or type within one study.

Sampling, analysis and reporting limits

Various laboratory methods reported by data providers; ICP-MS dominant (n=3,521 of food iAs results), also HG-AAS, ICP-HGAES, HPLC-HGAFS, HPLC-ICP-MS.

17% of results left-censored; individual LODs/LOQs not given per rice type (food iAs LOQ cut-off 100 µg/kg; lowest rice LOQs 0.008-4 µg/kg by method)

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 statisticOriginal resultDisplayed unit conversion
below_LODRice, long-grain N=502 %LC=17 mean LB 77 UB 87none (percentage of results below LOD/LOQ, not a concentration)

Table 9 'Mean levels (µg/kg) of iAs in selected food categories', p. 20.

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.

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