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Publication of EFSA's updated risk assessment on inorganic arsenic

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EFSA last updated its assessment of inorganic arsenic in food in 2021. This data, together with a new study from the USA on skin cancer, prompted an update to the current risk assessment. Inorganic arsenic is mainly found in foods such as "rice", "rice-based products", "cereals and cereal products (excluding rice)" and drinking water.

 

The complete risk assessment can be found here:
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8488

You can view the summary here:
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/de/plain-language-summary/update-risk-assessment-inorganic-arsenic-food

 

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