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. 2018 May 16;16(5):e05243. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5243

Table 7.

Number of analytical results on opium alkaloids in poppy seeds and other food types collected by EFSA

Reporting country/institution Substance
Morphine Codeine Thebaine Oripavine Noscapine Papaverine Narceine Acetylcodeine Total
1st batch a
Australia 55 43 47 43 0 0 0 0 188
Austria 45 45 0 0 45 45 0 0 180
Germany 561 374 143 0 87 90 0 0 1,255
Hungary 231 231 231 0 231 0 0 0 924
Netherlands 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131
Total 1,023 693 421 43 363 135 0 0 2,678
2nd batch b
Austria 9 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 36
Czech Republic 146 145 145 0 145 145 0 0 726
EU food business association 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
France 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 189
Germany 173 234 181 90 132 182 0 0 992
Hungary 516 517 518 0 518 0 0 0 2,069
Luxembourg 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
Malta 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Spain 253 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 353
Netherlands 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 0 308
United Kingdom 81 68 0 0 43 43 0 43 278
Total 1,309 1,146 1,001 134 891 423 44 43 4,991
a

Collected by EFSA until 2011; these results were already presented in the previous opinion from EFSA's CONTAM Panel on opium alkaloids in poppy seeds (EFSA CONTAM Panel, 2011).

b

Collected by EFSA from 2012 to 2017; presented data show the number of samples after cleaning (see Annex A, Table A.1 for further details regarding data cleaning).