Journal article
Does the determination of inorganic arsenic in rice depend on the method?
European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute1
CSIC2
Division of Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
University of Barcelona5
Fera Science Ltd.6
University of Aberdeen7
Belgian Nuclear Research Center8
Karl-Franzens Universität Graz9
In answering a request from the Directorate General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission, the European Union Reference Laboratory for Heavy Metals in Feed and Food, with the support of the International Measurement Evaluation Program, organized a proficiency test (PT), IMEP-107, on the determination of total and inorganic arsenic (As) in rice.
The main aim of this PT was to judge the state of the art of analytical capability for the determination of total and inorganic As in rice. For this reason, participation in this exercise was open to laboratories from all over the world. Some 98 laboratories reported results for total As and 32 for inorganic As.
The main conclusions of IMEP-107 were that the concentration of inorganic As determined in rice does not depend on the analytical method applied and that introduction of a maximum level for inorganic As in rice should not be postponed because of analytical concerns.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 641-651 |
| ISSN: | 18793142 and 01659936 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.trac.2010.11.015 |
| ORCIDs: | Sloth, Jens Jørgen |
