Table 16.

Comparison of occurrence levels used in the 2006 EFSA opinion with levels detected in the current database in the corresponding food categories

2006 occurrence data – taken from European Community (2002)			2019 occurrence data – taken from EFSA data warehouse
Food category	N	Mean (μg/kg)(a)	Food category	N	LB/UB Mean (μg/kg)
Cereals and cereal products	5,180	0.29	Breakfast cereals	1,882	0.18/0.44
			Grain milling products	4,409	0.29/0.55
			Grains for human consumption	6,852	0.22/0.50
Beer	496	0.03	Beer and beer‐like beverages	1,755	0.04/0.26
Wine	1,470	0.36	Wine	5,692	0.06/0.25
Grape juice	146	0.55	Grape juice	1,809	0.18/0.27
Cocoa and cocoa products	547	0.24	Cocoa and cocoa products	1,204	0.57/0.83
Pork meat/edible offal	1,860	0.20	Ham, pork	54	3.03/3.09
			Pork meat	112	0.0/0.2 (100% left censored)
			Pork kidney	2,327	0.04/5.1
Roasted ground coffee (dry weight)	1,184	0.72	Roasted ground coffee (whole weight)	1,651	0.56/0.94

LB: lower bound; N: number of samples; UB: upper bound;

Mean was calculated according to the following criteria: 1) If LOD and LOQ were available, mean level was calculated using LOD/2 for results lower than the LOD. For results between LOD and LOQ, numerical values, if available, were used. 2) If only LOQ was available, or if numerical values between LOD and LOQ were not available, LOQ/2 for values below the LOQ were used (European Community, 2002).