Rice finding 2217
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
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
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 to EFSA (whole/as-sold food; basis not stated, not dry-weight corrected).
UB: substitution method; LB sets <LOD/<LOQ to zero, UB sets <LOD to LOD and LOD-LOQ to LOQ (Section 2.1.2). This finding is the UB estimate.
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
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.
UB: substitution method; LB sets <LOD/<LOQ to zero, UB sets <LOD to LOD and LOD-LOQ to LOQ (Section 2.1.2). This finding is the UB estimate.
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 | Rice, long-grain N=502; 95th percentile UB = 152 µg/kg (Table 4 prints LB and UB columns: 150 / 152) | none |
Table 4 'Summary statistics (µg/kg) of iAs in different types of rice', p. 15.
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.