Rice finding 2219

Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.

EFSA et al. 2021

Long-grain rice (milling state not stated) · Inorganic arsenic (iAs) · 4 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

370 µg/kg (maximum)Maximum.

4 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).

all quantified (exceedances)

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

2013–2016

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

Geographic scope

Rice

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.

all quantified (exceedances)

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
maxRice, long-grain N=4 Mean 255 Maximum 370; sampling years 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1none

Table 2 'Samples of rice and rice-based commodities with iAs levels above the MLs', p. 9.

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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