Table 1.

Number and frequency of left‐censored data and quantifications in fish meat (FoodEx2 level 3), by chemical substance

Chemical	Analytical results (n)	Left‐censored (n) (a)	Quantified (n)	Left‐censored (%)	Quantified (%)
Chlorates	200	127	73	63.5	36.5
SUM BAC	422	397	25	94.1	5.9
SUM DDAC	416	392	24	94.2	5.8

^(a)The number of left‐censored data refers to both the results below the LOQ and those below the LOD. For those analytical results that were reported below the LOD, the LB, MB and UB were assigned as LB = 0, MB = LOD/2 and UB = LOD. For the ones below the LOQ, the same approach was taken, using the value of the LOQ (LB = 0, MB LOQ/2, UB = LOQ).