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Long Grain Rice

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Long-grain rice is a staple whole-food cereal. Like other rice, it can contain trace inorganic arsenic; FDA has issued action levels for infant rice cereal.

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What it is

Whole-food cereal grain from Oryza sativa varieties with elongated grains.

Staple carbohydrate.

Why it's flagged

trace inorganic arsenic (FDA monitoring)

What regulators actually say

"FDA established an action level of 100 ppb for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal."

FDA Arsenic in Food — fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Recognized food; 100 µg/kg action level for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal.

European Union — EFSA

Maximum levels for inorganic arsenic in rice.

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