- ID (Added: 16-Aug-2024)
- 326
- Source
- US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Type
- Website
- Title
- Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment (Website)
- Description
- The Food and Drug Administration conducted a risk assessment of certain health risks from inorganic arsenic in rice and products that contain rice. The assessment includes (1) a quantitative estimate of lung and bladder cancer risk from long-term exposure to these products and the predicted impact of various scenarios to reduce the risk, and (2) a qualitative assessment of certain potential non-cancer risks, in certain susceptible life stages. Download links to the following resources are on this page: Docket No. FDA-2016-D-1099, Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment Report (March 2016), External Peer Review Report: Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment: Draft Report, Addendum, and Model (December 2015), FDA’s Response to External Peer Review1 on FDA’s “Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment: Draft Report” (July 2015), “Addendum to FDA’s Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment,” and “Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment Cancer Model” (February 2016).
- Format
- Website
- Applies to
- Organisms: Organism not specified
- Foods: Food type not specified
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