Rice finding 2250

Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.

EFSA et al. 2021

Milled white rice · Inorganic arsenic (iAs) · 337 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.

337 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).

10% 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, white

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.

10% 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, white N=337 %LC=10 mean LB 74 UB 79none (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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