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Total and Inorganic Arsenic in Iranian Rice
Author(s) -
CanoLamadrid Marina,
MuneraPicazo Sandra,
Burló Francisco,
Hojjati Mohammad,
CarbonellBarrachina Ángel A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/1750-3841.12849
Subject(s) - white rice , european union , agriculture , food safety , arsenic , inorganic arsenic , china , agricultural science , toxicology , business , staple food , microbiology and biotechnology , agricultural economics , environmental science , food science , political science , international trade , chemistry , geography , biology , economics , law , archaeology , organic chemistry
It is well known that arsenic (As) exposure, particularly to inorganic species (i‐As), has adverse effects on humans. Nowadays, the European Union (EU) has still not regulated the maximum residue limit of As in commercial samples of rice and rice‐based products, although it is actively working on the topic. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is collecting data on total arsenic (t‐As) and i‐As from different rice‐producing regions not only from EU countries but also from other parts of the world to finally set up this maximum threshold. As Iran is a rice‐producing country, the aim of this work was to evaluate the contents of t‐As and i‐As in 15 samples of Iranian white, nonorganic, and aromatic rice collected from the most important rice‐producing regions of the country. The means of t‐As and i‐As were 120 and 82 μg/kg, respectively. The experimental i‐As mean in Iranian rice was below the Chinese standard for the i‐As in rice, 150 μg/kg, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) limit, 200 μg/kg. Therefore, Iranian rice seems to have reasonable low i‐As content and it is safe to be marketed in any market, including China and the EU.