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

Table 8.

Descriptive statistics of reported limits of quantification for poppy seed samples (mg/kg; whole weight) and proportion of left‐censored (LC) data (%) for analytical results submitted from 2012 until 2017 (2nd batch)

Substance N % LC Minimum P25 Mean P75 Maximum
Morphine 1,164 2 0.010 0.10 2.7 6.9 7.5
Codeine 962 25 0.010 0.050 0.60 1.0 1.8
Thebaine 869 31 0.040 0.050 2.35 1.0 27
Oripavine 41 63 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Noscapine 782 60 0.050 0.10 0.65 1.0 1.0
Papaverine 304 71 0.040 0.050 0.17 0.10 1.0
Narceine 41 54 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Acetylcodeine 43 100 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10

N: number of samples; P: percentile.