Rice finding 95
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Packed long-grain (Indica) rice as sold · Total arsenic (tAs) · 210 packs (15–20 kg) from 10 imported types; 250 g per pack, analysed in triplicate; results reported per type only.
Selected finding and reference
210 packs (15–20 kg) from 10 imported types; 250 g per pack, analysed in triplicate; results reported per type only. Basis: dry weight.
no non-detects reported
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
2015
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
all 10 imported rice types
All samples in the study.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
Total As by hydride-generation AAS after dry ashing (CEN EN 14546:2005); Cd and Pb by flame and graphite furnace AAS after dry ashing (AOAC 999.11 / Jorhem 2000).
no non-detects reported
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 |
|---|---|---|
| range | Contents of the investigated elements in samples were in the range 0.048–0.314 mg/kg for As | mg/kg x 1000 |
Results and discussion, 'Heavy metals in rice', p. 2.
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.